Invention+and+Use+of+Movies

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The first films made were silent films. Films originated in paris though, by 1895 the United States dominated the film industry by having films already being projected in theaters. Film technology was invented by Thomas Edison, in the late 19th century.======

Before World War 1, the film industry had gone through a dramatic change. People working with films had done many jobs,
but now different jobs were assigned to different people. Such as, before Directors would write the screen plays and would even do some acting. Now they were beginning to have designated jobs. This made it so people had less on their mind and would be able to focus on one thing easier. After World War 1 though, specialists replaced film makers for technological reasons.

In 1927, the new invention of audiological sound technology brought a new wave of movies to theaters. One being, 'the jazz singer' which was the first film made with sound. This act caused a new genre of film to begin. Musicals were now being produced, and becoming more and more known through film. This was a new way to take advantage of the new sort of technology being invented.

Actors in movies: known as cinema actors were becoming outrageously famous internationally, which means that they weren't just popular in the U.S they were known all around the nation. Actors fled to hollywood, which quickly came out as the center of the global film industry. Actors were mostly being drawn from Europe and Broadway, which was very popular at the time. New York and broadway shows were still popular, but film and cinema was emerging as the new and desired wave of technology. Actors were beginning to be signed to long term contract deals as well. There were 5 main movie companies that controlled alll aspects of cinema and motion pictures. They developed something called the 'star system' which made it so directors could sign an actor for a long time with a contract and then they would have all rights to manage their career. Aside from this, genres were now starting to arise. A genre is a category or group in which music or movies are placed. Some of these genres were romantic comedies, westerns, gangster films and musicals. These musicals though, were played on the screen not preformed live. Even though Broadway was still being enjoyed by many, cinema and film had really changed peoples mind set. Movies were easier and less of a hassle. You could just stop by your local theatre to catch a film instead of getting to the city and seeing a broadway show. People were now able to have an easier, and more calm lifestyle with this new invention.

World War 1 wasn't the only war to effect people. World War 2 brought on many new movie themes as well. During WW2, the government wanted to have some patriotic war themes displayed in the films. Hollywood produced films for the war effort that showed patriotic themes and appealed to the war-time audiences.

In 1946 it was the most popular motion picutre era. A great invention disrupted that though. Once the television was invented people didn't feel the need to run to the cinema anymore, when they had the same kind of scenic entertainment in their living rooms. Also, at this time people were flocking to the suburbs and living city life behind. While doing this, they were also leaving cinemas behind. In the suburbs, television was more practical and easier to access. Films were becoming out dated and less 'hip'. The movement of the television really made the motion picture industry go down hill.

When the television was invented it really rocked the motion picture industry. Their way of going up against it was to invent a new sort of technology. This is how 3D came to be. 3D movies began emerging on the big screen. Those new developments were not available to the public eye other than in theaters. Regular Television screens were not equipped for these new inventions.

This new Invention worked well in drawing people in in the beginning, but once the allure wore off people went back to their televisions. The cinemas main source of income came from teenagers and young adults who were the main clientel of the theatres, so movies were starting to be produced to appeal to that generation. Elvis Presley and James Dean were two of the most popular young actors to take the movie scene. During this decade, many science fiction films were produced also. Children and teens supported these low budget films making them pretty popular.

In the late 1960's horror films were beginning to become very popular, causing a new wave of audiences storming into the theaters. This genre breathed new life into older ones.

In the 1980s a new form of technolog was introduced, video cassette tapes. These tapes would allow people to watch cinema motion pictures on their own televisions, you could even watch them over and over again. The industry first thought this would be bad, causing another hit to the filmmaking buisiness, but it actually brought in large sums of money to them. The industry was making more money from the video cassette tapes than from the actually video screenings in the theaters.

In the 1990s movies were becoming more elaborate and eccentric. For example, the titanic took a really really long time to make, and also took a lot of money. This movie was one of the firsts to take a large artistic risk. While making this movie, they invested money in it. This paid off. The movie was a hit and became a loved classic soon after it was in theaters. Some movies hadn't came out as successfully. They expected their movie to become a box office hit, but when it doesn't money was surely wasted.

Films have affected America's history throughout the years. America had also affected films though, changing and altering them into an artistic past time which most americans love. Movies have become a life changing thing, that people have been enjoying for years. Motion Pictures have been sculpting and changing our society. Making us more advanced and aware of the world around us. Without movies, our lives would be fairly different and less knowledgeable.

This video was one of the first films ever made. You may notice that there isn't any conversation or plot. This movie is completely made up of single photographs. media type="youtube" key="4nj0vEO4Q6s" width="425" height="350"