History of film

History of film

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  History of Film
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  1890-1895 William Dickson andThomas Edison invents the first usable celluloid film. Edison in 1893 unveiled the first practical moving picture camera at the Chicago World Fair. Yound Griffo vs the Battling Charles Barnett was the first film screened to a paying audience in 1865
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  1887 The first camerato use roll film was developed in 1887. it was called a Kinetograph and was produced by Thomas Edison
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  1902 In 1902 GeorgeMiles mad the movie A Trip to the Moon, which was 13 minutes long and they used Matte Paintings as the background.
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  1902 Dr Jekyll andMr Hyde was the first horror movie to be created in the film industry
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  1903 The Great TrainRobbery was a film that was produced by Edwin S Porter using 12 long films for 14 shots. The last scene was special as it depicted the sheriff shooting directly at the camera into the audience.
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  1914 The Perils ofPauline was the movie that first introduced the ‘distressed damsel’ concept.
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  1916 D.W.Griffith was knownas the first real full length narrative director. He was also praised for his editing techniques with the help of his camera man Billy Bitzer.
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  1921 The Kid wasCharlie Chaplin’s first movie and was the picture that boosted his career into being the original Movie Celebrity
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  1922 The first Technicolorand 3D movie was released in this year. It was called the Power of Love in LA
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  1922 This year alsoreleased the movie Nosferatu that is widely praised for being quite scary and innovative in creating the look of the actual monster
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  1940s Citizen Kane wasthe greatest film of all time up until 1999. Made heroic movies because of the war that was happening at the time.
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  1950s Singing in therain and Vertigo were two of the top 4 films made in the 1950’s
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  1960s A space odyssey(1968) was the first film to use the technique of green screen ( blue screen at the time). It was also classed as one of the top 4 films of the 1960,s era. As the use of green screen technology was a new advancement to the film industry, it was popular amongst the public and therefore gained a mass audience
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  1970s Star Wars wasthe first time that the credits of the actors were shown at the beginning of the film. It was not allowed at the time as it limited George Lucas to having no established actors/writers because this view was not shared amongst the industry. Therefore, the whole production was shipped to the UK. This was one of the only Science Fiction movies in the 1970’s but was not the only one competing to be the best of all time. Because there was little competition, this film also gained a lot of support
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  1980s 3 Men anda Baby Directed by Leonard Nimoy, who is better known for playing spock
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  1990s Beauty and theBeast It is a Disney film and was one of the first films to use computers.
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  2000s Due to lackof layers in films, no films from the 2000s made it into the top 100. Since 1999 films have become simpler.