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Vitascope projector
Vitascope was an early film projector first made in 1895 by Charles Francis Jenkins and Thomas Armat.It was later bought by Thomas Edison.Edison changed its name to Vitascope. -
Edison invents the Peephole Kinetoscope
Thomas Edison invented the Peephole Kinetoscope.This invention allowed people to view moving images.Only one person at a time could use the Kinetoscope. -
Fantasmagorie
Fantasmagorie was the first Animated Cartoon.It was made by French artist, Emile Cohl.He continued to make films making over 250 films. -
Warner Bros
Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack Warner made Warner Bros.Warner Bros is now one of the biggest Film industry.Their fist cartoon star was porky pig. -
Snow White
In 1937 Walt Disney made his first full-length film.This movie made 184.9 million dollars.it was released nationwide in 1938. -
The cold war
The cold war affected films by giving films a near-paranoia manifested theme.Most films were about Alien invasions.Films like invasion of the Body Snatchers and The War of the Worlds were made during this time. -
Family Films
Hollywood films were still largely aimed at family audiences, and it was often the more old-fashioned films that produced the studios biggest successes. Productions like Mary Poppins , My Fair Lady and The Sound of Music, were among the biggest money-makers of the decade. -
American Filmmakers
A new group of American filmmakers emerged, such as Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Roman Polanski, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas.This Filmmakers made great films. -
VCR
audiences began increasingly watching films on their home VCRs. In the early part of that decade, the film studios tried legal action to ban home ownership of VCRs as a violation of copyright, which proved unsuccessful. Eventually, the sale and rental of films on home video became a significant “second venue” for exhibition of films, and an additional source of revenue for the film industries. -
Great films
Saw the development of a commercially successful independent cinema in the United States. Although cinema was increasingly dominated by special-effects films such as Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Jurassic Park (1993) and Titanic (1997). -
Digital Distribution
The beginning of a growing problem of digital distribution to be overcome with regards to expiration of copyrights, content security, and enforcing copyright. There is higher compression for films, and Moore’s law allows for increasingly cheaper technology. -
Avatar
James Cameron’s 3D film Avatar became the highest-grossing film of all time.Avatar made 2.7 billion dollars.Avatar 2 is in production. -
Titanic
Titanic was re-released in a special 3D version to celebrate the 100th anniversary.
