Filmstudies – key developments in film technology

1895

first moving images – Lumière Brothers

1895 – 1927

silent cinema and foundation of filmmaking made

1920

Hollywood film industry made into 5 major studios and 3 minor studios

1927

First film to feauture soundtrack

1935

first film to have a 3 strip colour – Becky Sharp

1948

paramount cout case made

Paramount court case

Prevents paramount from owning all phases of production

1950s

Widscreen and 3D technology

Late 1950s

Portable camera invented which impacted the documentary film making

1970s

steadicam tech developed

who was the steadicam made by?

Garrett Brown

1990s

Widespread of CGI charcters

CGI

computer generated imagery

1995

first CG film, Toy story

2000

rise in citizen filmmaking

2007

Nextflix launched

2010

Films shot entierly on Iphone (Tangerine – Baker)

2017

Netflix, sky, Amazon and apple overtake DVD sales

2018

First Hollywood film to ever be shot entirely with IMAX cameras – Avengers infinity war

First film which first featured a soundtrack

The jazz singer

what was the first Hollywood film called?

Avengers: infinity war