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First Film
The first movie ever made is called "Roundhay Garden Scene". While only 2.11 seconds long it can be called a movie. There is no talking or color it is just a man walking in a garden. -
First Film in Color
The first natural color was called "A Visit to the Seaside". The eight-minute British short film used the Kinemacolor process to capture a series of shots of the Brighton Southern England seafront. It had some sound but the largest claim to fame is being the first colored movie. However, the color is faint or vibrant. -
Advertising Movies
Advertising agencies and film production companies develop new creative forms to give brands and products a recognition value, a catchy image. Its helped spread movies recognition to everyone with a television. Commercials were mainly in color mainstream, before movies. -
Algorithmic Video Editing
A computer-based process of automating the video production process. It uses algorithms and machine learning techniques to analyze and process the raw footage, identify the most relevant shots, and put together a final video that is both aesthetically pleasing and informative. In the past they would just cut and splice together multiple film strands to make one movie, now they can use multiple scenes and put them into one strand without cutting or splicing. -
Synchronized Sound
Radio pioneer Lee de Forest demonstrates his Phonofilm movie process to the press, bringing the world of synchronized sound to the movies. Before, the only sound would normally be a piano, however with the invention of synchronized sound you'd be able to actually hear the actors speak. -
Green Screen
RKO Studios was first to invent green screen technology. It was used on a lot of films such as The Thief of Bagdad and others. Before being able to green screen new areas into a movie, directors would have to find areas that would mostly suit the film or the setting. -
One of the most influential movies
Citizen Kane is a 1941 American film directed by, produced by, and starring Orson Welles. Citizen Kane is important for the innovative lighting and focusing methods of its cinematographer, Gregg Toland, and the dramatic editing style of Robert Wise. Citizen Kane, is widely know as an argument in whether the director or the actor is the most important in a movie. -
Computer Generated Image(CGI)
The first time that CGI appeared in a film was with Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo. Its used in some of the most popular movies to date like "Iron Man" or the "Toy Story" saga. Before CGI many items in fantasy or sci-fi movies would have to be hand crafted and poorly shot in a movie. -
The Steadicam
Steadicam is a brand of camera stabilizer mounts for motion picture cameras invented by Garrett Brown and introduced in 1975 by Cinema Products Corporation. Before the steadicams mainstream use camera operators would either not be able to movie with actors or would shakily follow them. -
The Internet
With newly released films coming online in a matter of months, more and more people decided to go to the movies but instead bring the movies to their own home. Instead of needing to go to the theater every few months to watch a movie you'd be able to watch from the comfort of your own home. -
One of the most popular movies of the 21st century
Harry Potter is one of the most loved movies because you feel like you are watching the characters create lifelong and strong friendships. It tells a story that millions of people loved, and it introduced the world to an enormous and magical world that millions of people have dreamed of escaping into. -
Highest grossing movie of all time
The original Avatar was so successful because of the novelty of hyper-realism in the late 2000's, which was just developing as an art form. The CGI mimics high-resolution photography, giving filmmakers the ability to create entire virtual worlds that look uncannily real.