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The first moving pictures were developed by William Friese Greene on celluloid film. He was a British inventor and accomplished this in Hyde Park, London in 1889. This process was patented in 1890.
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Filmmaker Siegmund Lubin produced a three-minute silent film called The Yiddisher Boy. There was a lot in this short film. It includes a man named Moses getting attacked then saved by a man named Ed.
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The first film shot in color was "Cupid Angling". "The Wizard of Oz" and "Gone with the Wind" were made in Technicolor. This was over 20 years later.
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The Movie The Jazz singer was released this year. It was known as a talkie. A talkie is a sound film that includes synchronized dialogue.
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Santa is the first Mexican Narrative film.
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The movie Son of Lassie released this year. It was the first movie ever to be filmed using the Technicolor Monobook method. This method includes a single magazine of film being used to record all of the primary colors.
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Director Akira Kurosawa pointed his camera at Sol. He was able to capture one of the most beautiful pictures ever. This helped filmmakers understand how much lighting a camera can handle. This led to a the discovery of many techniques in cinematography.
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A British film called Ulysses was the first movie to drop the f bomb. For a long time you didn't hear cuss words in movies. Nowadays this is usual.
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Bruce Lee, a Martial Arts legend passed away this year. this was 6 days before his final film released. The Film was produced by and starred him.
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Tron was the first movie to use computer animation extensively. It was of the Sci-Fi category. The film was a moderate success.
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The film "The Rescuers Down Under" gets credit for this accomplishment. The drawings for the film were digitally painted. This sped up the animation process.
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This film included an all asian cast. In the past it was uncommon to see many Asians in a film at all. Some Japanese people think more work needs to be done.