This weeks lecture focused solely on the history of film. Our lecturer designed a cool 3D time line which he used to take us on a journey in time from the birth of the first cinema in Paris on December the 28th 1895, right through to the introduction of the first movie made completely for VHS in 1985. Although this was not the complete history of the movie we were forced to stop at 1985 due to running out of time.
Some of the other historically important film landmarks that were also discussed were:
- 1903 The First Narrative Film by Edwin S. Porter.
- 1906 The first full length feature film - ‘The Story of the Kelly Gang’ by Charles Tait.
- 1913 The birth of the studio system.
- 1921 The introduction of experimental sound to film.
- 1923 ‘The Ten Commandments’- Most expensive film made in Technicolor.
- 1927 Birth of the Talkies (the end of the silent era). First motion picture with dialogue.
- 1929 First 100% natural color, talking, singing, dancing picture.
- 1929 The first academy awards were announced (Oscars).
- June 6th 1933, The first drive in movie theater was built at Camden New Jersey.
- 1937 First full length feature film
- 1939 The first rival to film – television – was formally introduced at the New York World’s fair in Queens.
- 1939 The greatest year in film history.
- 1952 3D TV was invented. The first feature length 3D film was ‘Bwana Devil’
- 1953 The B Movie
- 1955 Movies on TV became a reality.
- 1956 Video killed the Radio Star (The first VCR).
- 1963 The first multiplex cinema was opened.
- 1963 The first consumer version of the VCR was released.
- 1966 Star Trek was born.
- 1967 Sony introduced the first black and white portable video camera.
- 1968 First independent mainstream film to be distributed to American audiences.
- 1969 The Video cassette recorder was introduced.
- 1970 The first IMAX cinema was built (birth of the really big screen).
- 1971 The first Blockbuster film - ‘Billy Jack’
- 1978 The Video Laser Disk was invented (They were as big as Records).
- 1981 MTV was created.
- 1985 First film to be made straight to video.
This is obviously not the end of film history however we were unable to continue due to running out of time in the lecture.
TUTESPARK:
We want you to find some short films (3 please) that were made for internet distibution/viewing.
They can be from any genre, any style, but please can they have some sort of story. Not just a quirky funny instance that became viral...
Yes a actual attempt at short film.
They can be from any website, not just youtube.
You should comment on what you think makes them good or what made them good at the time.
Why they became, or will become, popular.
Please embed them into your blog. If that is not possible then a link will do.
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