THE VERY BEGINNING
DECLINE OF NICKELODEONS
1913
NICKELODEONS
1903
CINEMATOGRAPH-VITASCOPE
1895
KINETOSCOPE
1891
PHONOGRAPH
1877
Invention by Thomas Edison The recordings were indentation on a tinfoil sheet read by a vibrating stylus
Invention by Lumiere brothers It had a motion picture camera, a printer and a projector all in one
Invention by Thomas Edison Basically the cinematograph
There was a great demand for larger theaters so newer movie palaces were built
Invention by Thomas Edison A film passing through a light bulb to create the illusion of a moving picture
The first type of indoor exhibition space The admission costed 5 cents (a nickel), hence the name It was a continuous performance of short films
EVOLUTION
HOLLYWOOD STUDIO SYSTEM-BLACKLIST
1940
HAYS CODE
1934
VITAPHONE
1925
RATING SYSTEM-color in film
1922
LONGER FORMAT films
1910-1920
Longer films were becoming attracting as the price paid by the audience raised
Invention by Bell Telephone It was a sound-on disc system The rights were then bought by Warner Brothers
The contracts were binding, rights for the actors weren't a thing and most studios had their own movie theaters
- Blacklist and Hollywood 10
In the 40s ten American writers, actors and directors were cited for obstructing the "House Un-American committee" (HUAC) work so they were either put in jail or had to pay fines or some of them migrated somewhere else, they couldn't publicly do their work so some of them kept doing it secretly
The MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) sought to maintain a "clear moral tone", Thier work had been criticized over the years
- Evolution of Color in Film
The technicolor (1922) had two cameras with two different colors The technicolor (1926) had three cameras with (yellow-cyan-magenta) By 1954 more than 50% of American films were in color and by 1970 it reached 94%
The production code was legally binding and punishable
REVOLUTION
RISE OF STREAMING SERVICES
2007+
END OF BLACKLIST
1975
HAYS CODE REPEALED
1968
USA VS PARAMOUNT
1948
MOST LUCRATIVE TIME
1942-1945
In these 3 years America found itself in the most stable and lucrative time US history, in 1946 2/3 of American population went to the movies at least once a week
In 1948 a big lawsuit between the US and the Hollywood studio system changed everything, block booking was banned, and production companies couldn't own theaters anymore, so there were no more monopolies
Unlike the Hays Code the new rating system was a voluntary choice from the producers that could send their movies to be rated by the MPAA
Since 2007 and going onward streaming services lets us access to tons of content when we want and where we want, so the movie theaters economy has been falling ever since
The blacklisted individuals finally stood up for themselves and in 1975 the blacklist period came to an end
IMPORTANT DIRECTORS
1990s
1980s
1970s
IMPORTANT MOVIES THAT MADE HISTORY
- The great train robbery (1903)
- Nosferatu (1922)
- The gold rush (1925)
- The jazz singer (1928) - First talkie
- The wizard of OZ (1939) - First movie in color
- Singing in the rain (1952) - First musical
Some of the most important directors from this time period are:
- Kubrick who directed "The Shining" (1980)
- Coppola who directed "The Godfather" (1974)
- Ridley Scott who directed "Alien" (1979)
Some of the most important directors from this time period are:
- Steven Spielberg who directed "Jaws" (1975)
- Woody Allen who directed "Stardust Memories" (1980)
- Oliver Stone who directed "Wall Street" (1987)
Some of the most important directors from this time period are:
- Tim Burton who directed "The Nightmare Before Christmas" (1993)
- Coen brothers who directed "Barton Fink" (1991)
- Quentin Tarantino who directed "Pulp Fiction" (1994)