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1895: Birth of Cinema
The Lumière Brothers held the first public screening. It was the "Silent Era" with no recorded dialogue.
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1927: The Jazz Singer
The first feature-length "Talkie." Used Vitaphone (sound-on-disc) technology. Ended the silent era.
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1935: Becky Sharp
The first feature film to use Three-Strip Technicolor. Added realism and spectacle to movies.
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1948: Paramount Court Case
Forced major studios to sell their cinemas. Ended the Studio System and allowed Independent Film to grow.
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1952-1953: Widescreen/CinemaScope
New screen shapes used to create a "spectacle" to compete with the rising popularity of Television.
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1975: The Steadicam
Invented by Garrett Brown. Allowed smooth, handheld-style movement without shaky footage or heavy tracks.
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1990s: The Digital Revolution
The industry-wide shift from physical film strips to digital data (zeros and ones).
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1995: Toy Story
The first feature-length film made entirely with CGI (Computer Generated Imagery).
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2000s: Consumer Digital Tech
High-quality digital cameras became cheap and portable, lowering the barrier to entry for filmmakers.
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2000s: Mobile Phone Cameras
The start of high-quality cameras being built into every smartphone for "pocket" filmmaking.
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2000s: Citizen Filmmaking
Regular people began creating and sharing content easily online (e.g., YouTube era).
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2007: Netflix Streaming
Launch of the "Watch Instantly" service. Began the shift away from physical media (DVDs).
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2010s: Smartphone Features
Professional movies like Tangerine (2015) and Unsane (2018) were shot entirely on iPhones.
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2015-2018: Festival Acceptance
Major film festivals began accepting and giving awards to films shot on smartphones.
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2017: The Tipping Point
The year digital sales and streaming revenue finally beat physical DVD sales for the first time.
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2018: Full IMAX Digital
Avengers: Infinity War became the first Hollywood film shot 100% with IMAX digital cameras.