History of Film

  • film development

    film development
    in 1888 they started developing film in a different way
  • short films produced

    short films produced
    In 1895 People began making short Films. They were very short only lasting about 30 to 60 seconds. They first started showing them in a paris cafe.
  • First public showing of motion picture

    First public showing of motion picture
    the first public showing of a motion picture. It was also a first to ell to a paying audience. It was showed in new york, featuring edison and thomas armat vitascope.
  • motion pictures

    motion pictures
    Motion pictures creates a patent. by 1915 the company would fall. no longer existing in small motion pictures
  • edison creates mppc

    edison creates mppc
    in 1908 edison created the mppc, h eventually started a movie monooly. edison made each induvidual person pay for a short movie
  • mppc is terminated

    mppc is terminated
    in 1918 the mppc that edison created was terminated. the appellate court dismissed the patents comany deal and helped terminate edisons mppc.
  • chaplin shoots the kid

    chaplin shoots the kid
    In 1921 chaplin shot the kid. he potreyed adolf hitler. his own daughter potreyed an on screen mother
  • king kong is created

    king kong is created
    king kong is created in 1933. king kong will end up being very sucessful, successful enough to sprout remakes even up to 2005.
  • the television is intoduced

    the television is intoduced
    in 1935 the television was introduced. for the first time people didn have to go to the movies to go watch a show or movie.
  • ratings

    ratings
    in 1975 movie ratings were released. pg, pg-13 and R. this restricted youger people from seeing somethig they werent supposed to see.
  • VCR's

    VCR's
    in the 1980's more people just stayed home and watched their tapes on vcr instead of going to see a movie.
  • titanic

    1997 titanic was one of the most successful movies of all time. at one time it was the most successful movie out