film - timeline

when were the first moving images made, and by who?

1895, by the lumiere brothers

when was the development of silent cinema + cinematography

1895 - 1927

when was the emergence of vertically integrated hollywood films?

the 1920s

what are the 5 major studios?

• paramount

• warner bros

• MGM

• 20th century fox (name change 1935)

• RKO

what are the 3 minor studios?

• colombia

• universal

• united artists

what and when was the first film with a soundtrack

the jazz singer - 1927

• starred al jolson

• by alan crosland

what and when was the first film in colour?

becky sharp - 1935

• rouben mamoulian

what court cause happened in 1948 involving paramount?

prevented studios from owning all phases of production

due to the court case in 1948, what happened in 1950?

there was an emergence in independent film production + making films to distribute and exhibit

what happened in the 1950s?

an emergence of widescreen TV and 3D technology as a response to the growth of television + decline in cinema attendance

what happened in the late 1950s?

lightweight, portable cameras introduced for hand-held use = rise in doccumentary filmmaking

when was steadicam technology developed, and by who?

1970s, by garett brown - first introduced in 1975

what happened in the 1990s?

more widespread use of CGI to move away from filmed special effects to digitally created special effects

what was the first CG film?

toy story, 1995 - jon lasseter, pixar

2000s?

technology available for ordinary people = films made on lightweight cameras and phones (rise in ‘citizen film-making’)

2007?

NETFLIX!

= first legal streaming service for film and TV is launched

2010s: examples of successful films shot entirely on i-phone?

• tangerine (baker,2015)

• unsane (soderberg, 2018)

what happened to DVD sales in 2017?

overtaken by download sites e.g netflix, sky, amazon, apple

2018: first hollywood film to be shot entirely w IMAX cameras?

avengers: infinity war