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The Lumiere Brothers made what is considered to be the first ever motion picture, with the title, "Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory." They later went on to create other motion pictures, all clocking in at under a minute long.
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George Melies builds one of the first film sets.
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Films are beginning to expand and elaborate, with the emergence of genres dividing them into categories
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In 1900, D.W Griffith invented the panning shot, among other film techniques in his much controversial film, "The Birth of a Nation"
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The Jazz Singer hits theaters and becomes the first feature film to contain sound
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The first feature length animation is released in the United States, Walt Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."
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The ground-breaking film, Citizen Kane, is released in the United States. This fillm is often considered one of the greatest films of all time, introducing new film techniques, story telling, and symbolism, laying the ground work for generations of filmmakers to come.
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With the emergence and growing popularity of the television, film companies began to be threatened and movie-going began to dwindle. This compelled film companies to experiment with new techniques and storylines. This era produced classic movie such as 12 Angry Men and 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
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Jaws is released in theaters. For days leading up to the movie, a series of 30 second ads were shown on television, making it the first movie to take advantage of television ads and screening time.
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Filmmakers begin making the switch from film to digital.
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The movie Wall-E is released in the United States, making it the first ever movie to be shot entirely camera-less. The filmmakers at Pixar relied soley on digital animation techniques on their computers.
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Avatar is released in U.S theaters, making it the first film to experiment with 3-D cameras, recreating and revolutionizing cinemas around the world.
