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Kinetophone
It started when Thomas Edison and William Dickson, the same people that where involved with God Father invented the earliest form of film. A Sound-Film system that they called the Kinetophone, with it they both invented the introduction to sound in film. -
The Brownie Camera
In February of 1900 the Eastman Kodiak company introduced the first camera for film, they called it the Brownie Camera the brownie camera was a very popular and inexpensive camera selling millings between the 1950s and the 60s. Some brownie camera are even a a folding like design where the lenses of the camera are attached to a cotton fabric that fold out when the Brownie camera box opens up -
A Christmas Carol
A short 13 minute film called A Christmas Carol for Thomas Edison was one of the first and the earliest form of film and it is a silent film by Charles Dickens -
Film Establishments
In the 1920 major film and motion pictures where established in Hollywood Los Angeles California; including Warner Brothers and fox and Metro-Godwyn-Mayer or MGM, Paramount, Universal, and Columbia where introduced later. -
McCarthyism
Hollywood was threatened of McCarthyism with its accusations of communism, The Hollywood Ten refused to divulge any communist leanings and were imprisoned for contempt of court. -
Wide screen
In 1953 with the innovation and the creation of television or TV the film community needed to step it up so wides screen was invented to make bigger and better films -
The first 3-D film
The first 3-D film, relying upon stereoscopic technology, achieved wide release in 1953. Earlier attempts had been made, but the 1950s saw the popularity of 3-d. -
Ratings for motion picture
Motion picture ratings where first introduced the film industry for audiences to find movies more suitable for them it was G, PG, PG-13, R, and X but X was later changed to XR-17 -
steady cam
The Steady-cam, first used in Rocky, became available offering new options to filmmakers. -
Growth of 3-D Films
With improving technology, 3D films became more popular. In addition, a number of new IMAX facilities, offering larger format screens were constructed. Today, many large-budget films can be watched in 2D or 3D.
