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When trying to figure out if all four hooves were off he ground at the same, photos were taken of a horse galloping using multiple cameras to make the illusion that the horse was moving. It proved that yes, all four hooves were off the ground.
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The earliest movie documented is only 2.11 seconds long. Directed by French inventor Louis Le Prince
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Thomas Edison begins showing his one person Kinetoscope, displaying images in a box when they pass through light
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Brothers, Louis and August Lumiere, become the first to present moving pictures to a paying audience of multiple people using a projetor
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The first animated cartoon is produced by Émile Cohl
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Credits appear at the beginning of films, giving actors recognition and opening doors to become movie stars.
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The first film to have sound. the first words were “Wait a minute, wait a minute, you ain’t heard nothin’ yet.” Warner Bros. used a studio to produce sound onto a disc
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Walt Disney’s releases Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs, it's first full-length animated feature.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. releases The Wizard Of Oz, one of the most iconic films in history
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A film full of the perfect balance of fantasy, family, love and holidays, making this film a world wide classic
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Seven year long contracts are terminated and replaced with single feature and/or multi feature contracts, giving actors more flexibility and chances to grab more jobs.
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Hitchcock’s Psycho was released, pushing the boundaries of appropriateness of public films. Containing violence and sexual controversy
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The biggest films of the decade, ''Mary Poppins'', ''My Fair Lady'' and ''The sound of Music'' are released, keeping the Hollywood business "family-friendly"
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Films start to show more explicit content, showing gun and battle scenes, including bloody deaths.
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Lucasfilm Ltd. releases Star Wars, bringing back the popular genre of science fiction. It changes the spectrum on special effects
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Audiences increasingly went down as more people bought vcr versions of the films. Film studios tried to make the use or owning of a VCR tape illegal, claiming that it was a copyright violation.
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Pixar Animation Studios develops and produces Toy Story, the first full feature computer animated film. The popularity of the film increases the use of computer animation through out the decade
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More films begin to be released in higher technology, increasing films visual impact. They began to produce wider images giving the audience a bigger view
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James Cameron’s develops the film Avatar(3D) making it the highest-grossing film at that time.
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Netflix, an online streaming and DVD delivering company nearly doubles in size, going from 57.39M subscribers to over 110M in just 3 years. This puts DVD companies such as Blockbuster, out of business
