A Brief History of The American Film Industry
-In 1893, the inventor Edison, constructed a motion picture studio in his laboratory
-By the 1920s, most films came from the US
-Today America is the leading country in exportation of film
-In the 1920s, Chaplin began making feature length comedies, including The Kid, The Gold Rush
-Advent of recorded sound in the 1920s changed motion pictures
-First experimented with in 1926, recorded sound was almost universal by 1930
-When sound flourished popular genres were: Gangster films, Musicals and Animations
-Colour was used in a minority of films until the 1950s; and became standard by the 60s
-Increasing emphasis on importance of the director in the 60s
-Scenes used to be longer and films were slow to progress in plot because spectators' tastes were not shifted, and their endurance was not minimised by being used to television shows short snappy scenes and constant cliff hangers.
-Jaws marked a turning point in the fortunes of the American film industry-1975/76
-George Lucas' Star Wars -1977-, a science fantasy film with spectacular special effects
-Blockbuster films tended to be fantasies based on comic-book characters or adventure heroes
-TITANIC 1997, directed by James Cameron pushed the boundaries of film making by using its of practical effect e.g.; he built large sections of the ship and literally submerged them
-Mega blockbusters continued to rule hollywood at the start of the 21st century
-The Digital Video Disk became one of the major techniques for viewing movies on computers and began replacing videocassettes as the most popular way to view films at home
-By the 1920s, most films came from the US
-Today America is the leading country in exportation of film
-Advent of recorded sound in the 1920s changed motion pictures
-First experimented with in 1926, recorded sound was almost universal by 1930
-When sound flourished popular genres were: Gangster films, Musicals and Animations
-Colour was used in a minority of films until the 1950s; and became standard by the 60s
-Increasing emphasis on importance of the director in the 60s
-Scenes used to be longer and films were slow to progress in plot because spectators' tastes were not shifted, and their endurance was not minimised by being used to television shows short snappy scenes and constant cliff hangers.
-George Lucas' Star Wars -1977-, a science fantasy film with spectacular special effects
-Blockbuster films tended to be fantasies based on comic-book characters or adventure heroes
-Mega blockbusters continued to rule hollywood at the start of the 21st century
-The Digital Video Disk became one of the major techniques for viewing movies on computers and began replacing videocassettes as the most popular way to view films at home
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