The History of Film

The first ever film recorded was in 1878, it was only 2.11 seconds long. This was because of the limit of technology, it meant that films were under a minute long. Below is the video of the first film made:



Later in 1894, Thomas Edison invented the first ever motion picture camera for making silent films. The first films were silent and were black and white. However, in big cities an orchestra played some music whilst the audience watched the film. There were a few main silent movies actors, which included Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton. Click here to view the most popular top 10 silent films ever made. 33 years later, in 1927 the first sound video appeared. It was called 'The Jazz Singer'

Technicolour first appeared in 1916, but it started to become common from 1922 to 1952. At first it was very expensive to make films in colour but eventually became cheaper. The first computer animation film was in 1995 which was 'Toy Story' It used computer generated imagery and now the company is responsible for famous movies with this technique. 

More recently, in the last decades special effects are used. They are used to create illusions and helps to create tension.
There are many roles in a film, from the actors (sometimes stunts) to location managers and technicians. Without all of these, there wouldn't be any films. Click here to view the all time box-office top 100 films ever made.
Who knows what the future looks like for films? They have became more and more advanced and the future looks bright. For every good film you need a good story line, full of emotions and as new technology is developed and made, for films and movies they will only get better.