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The first moving picture.
The first moving picture was filmed in the year 1888, in a English city called Leeds. It was filmed by Louis Le Prince and it lasted only 2 seconds! -
The Origin of the Tramp.
Charlie Chaplin, the British actor, created his famous character the Tramp in 1915. It was an immediate success! -
The first documentary.
The first documentary - Drifters, was made in 1929, making it very popular afterwards. -
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The most British films made in a single year.
In 1936 the film market was so massive that it had the highest amount of films made yet. -
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The Social Realism Wave
In 1955 through to 1963 British cinema was hit with Kitchen Sink dramas similar to French Cinema. One example is: Billy Liar. -
The Post War Cinema.
After WW1 the film industry boomed,leading to such film as this one - The Ladykillers. -
Bond. James Bond.
The first James Bond, Dr No, was a film based on a book. It rapidly became very famous. -
Monty Python
On August 8th Monty Python, a famous comedian group, made a film called The Holy Grail. It's based on the English legend of King Arthur and his search from the Holy Grail, but it's very clearly comedy. It makes fun of their search in a tasteful way, and even though it had a very low budget it has funny and creative ways to get around it. Ex. Instead of horses there's a man behind the Knights clapping coconuts. The success lead to the next films, my favourite of which is Life of Brian. -
The Special Effects Department
Towards the end of the decade, the British Cinema Business was responsible for many of the special effects in films such as Star Wars, Alien, Superman... etc -
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Failing Industry?
1981, and the 80s in general, saw an ashtonishingly low amount of films made! In 1981 there were only 24 made in an entire year! -
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A New Hope (The 90s)
In the 90s there was a resurge of memorable, well-made films, such as sense and sensibility and a few Shakespearian films. -
Harry Potter!
In 2001 the film version of the beloved book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, was released. This is probably the gemstone of all British Cinema, especially to foreigners! Everyone loved it and it spurred the makers on to create 7 more films.
