Film History

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Film History

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6. First Colour Film

11. Special Effects/CGI

5. First Sound Film/Metropolis

10. Steadicam

4. Little 3

9. The French 'New Wave'

3. Big 5

8. Widescreen/3D Technologies

2. Trip To The Moon

7. The Paramount Decree

1. Lumiere Brothers

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Click to view "Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory"

(1895)

Brothers

In 1895, The Lumiere Brothers, Auguste and Louis, invented the first moving images through their camera called the "Cinematographe". This allowed photos to be taken at a rapid pace and played back as if it was happening in real life. Their first film created was called "Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory".

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Workers Leaving The Lumiere Factory

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In 1902, George Méliès directed ‘Le Voyage Dans La Lune’ which translated to English means 'Trip To The Moon'. This film was significant in film history as George Méliès was well know for his amazing special effects. This was one of the first films to be extreme in SFXs using imaginitive makeup and props.

Le Voyage Dans La Lune

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Le Voyage Dans La Lune

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Universal, United Artists, Columbia

RKO, MGM, Warner Brothers, 20th Century Fox, Paramount

Film Companies

The Little 3 weren't as famous as the Big 5 but still produced many good popular films. They didn't own there own cinemas or have the same quality as the others but many still enjoyed there films

Little 3

Massive Hollywood film industries started to appear who made high quality films with high budgest, owned studios, contracted actors and owned there owned cinemas. They used Vertical Intergration.

Big 5

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In 1927,

Also during this time the film ‘Metropolis’ which also came out in 1927. Metropolis was just under 2 hours and 30 minutes long and was one of the most expensive films to come out during this time. This was because of it's amazing special effects and all the extras.

Metropolis

In 1927, the first film with sound was created, this was ‘The Jazz Singer’ which was directed by Alan Crosland. The film included speech, sound effects and a full soundtrack and the lead actor was played by Al Jolson.

The Jazz Singer

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First Colour Film

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In 1935, a new company called the Technicolour Corporation made their first feature length film which was the first film to be created in colour, this film was ‘Becky Sharp’ and it was directed by Rouben Mamoulain. This film used ‘three strip colour’ to make there film not black and white.

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During 1975, a man named Garrett Brown invented the steadicam. The steadicam technology is type of camera which has weights built in so when using a handheld camera the movement won’t be shaky whilst still being able to access fluid free movement. This made filming certain scenes very easy as it would cost less and look amazing. Some of the most famous examples of this camera being used is in Rocky when he climbs the stairs or in The Shining.

Steadicam

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Special Effects/CGI

In the 1990s new special effects technology was developed allowing CGI (Computer Generated Imagery) to be created. CGI allowed animated films to be made such as Toy Story, which was one of the first. This was first made my Industrial Light and Magic in the 1970s but only came to light in the 1990s. This also allowed fake special effects to be added post production rather than being set up during filming.

- Kara Palmer

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