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Magic Lanterns
First projector and leading invention of film, invented by pioneer of film, Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens. People called "Wandering Lanternists" put on small shows in inns and castles with this device. -
The Lumiere Brothers "The Birth of Cinema"
Pioneers of the film industry and french brothers, Louis and Auguste combined film recording and projection into a single device. They unveiled what is called the "Cinematograph" in their first public screening, soon they opened up the Cinematograph Theatres and released 40 films that same year. The name Cinematograph also lent its name to the common form of art and entertainment "cinema". -
Georges Melies and the Introduction of Special Effects "Voyage to the Moon"
Magician turned filmmaker and pioneer of film, introduced innovative special effects in the first science fiction film "Voyage to the Moon". The film included narrative long shots that were strung together. Punctuated with disappearances, double exposures, trick photography and elaborate sets. This film paved way for many future films that incorporated special effects, making a huge impact to cinema https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNLZntSdyKE -
Florence Lawrence "The First Movie Star"
Florence Lawrence was an Canadian American actress who was given the first screen credit in IMP's, short crime romance, "The Broken Oath", which was directed by her husband Harry Solter, Lawrence served as a pioneer for future film credits. -
"The Birth of a Nation"
"Birth of a Nation" launched American cinema, with advanced technical aspects of shots and editing. It grossed over 10 million letting it be known that film was a moneymaking business. It was soon considered normal for people in film to put Birth on resumes just to say that they were there at the beginning, making the film very iconic -
Warner Bros Created
Major American entertainment company and film studio was created in 1923. Warner Bros has produced iconic films such as "The Wizard of Oz", "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory", and "Superman: The Movie" Warner Bros has impacted film by being a global leader in all forms of entertainment and even contributing 1 billion dollars to the UK entertainment industry -
Columbia Pictures
Major film corporation associated with cinema. Films like Inferno, Ghostbusters, The Smurfs, and Spider Man 3, have been released through this corporation. Columbia Pictures is also one of the "Big Six Film Studios" These studios have contributed the most to film industry annual revenue -
Lincoln Perry "Hollywood's First Black Movie Star"
America's first black star, Lincoln Perry played a befuddled, mumbling, shiftless fool, Lazy Richard in film "In Old Kentucky" Perry created the character by acting like he didn't know where he was, to make himself stand out from the actors. He ended up getting immediate attention from the producers and directors of the film -
Creation of Mickey Mouse
The official mascot and funny animal cartoon character, and pioneer of future animation film characters, Mickey Mouse of The Walt Disney Company was created by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks at the Walt Disney Studios -
1st Academy Awards known today as "The Oscars"
The 1st Academy award ceremony was held in Hollywood with merely 270 guests. The ceremony lasted only 15 minutes and honored films released from 1927 to 1928. The awards are known as Oscars and play a role every year as an "championship" for film. This awards paved way for many future awards like the "Golden Globes", helping acknowledge the film industry's capability -
Wizard of Oz "There's No Place Like Home"
The Wizard of Oz is everybody's favorite perennial fantasy film musical. This timeless film, one of the most prominent themes revolves around the inadequacy of adults, and also that mens power is illusory and womens power is real. The movie impacts film because of its iconic way reversing traditional power roles -
Pinocchio "Animated Feature Film Masterpiece"
Pinocchio was one of films biggest corporations, Walt Disney Company's best examples of studio animation. It won 2 Oscars,
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King Solomon's Mines "First MGM Film and Hollywood Film"
King Solomon's Mines was the 1st MGM (Major film corporation) Film in the talkie era, it was made without a musical score and used on African music.The film was very expensive and included 8,000 Africans, (that weren't black-face actors) from different tribes and 6,000 animals. Being MGM's first film King Solomon's Mines started the wave of even more impactful movies produced by the major corporation making it a "Big Six" -
Marilyn Monroe "The Seven Year Itch"
Marilyn Monroe stood on a subway grate only to be blasted by an upward breeze. The scene in "The Seven Year Itch" in which Marilyn skirt flies up is the most iconic moment in movie history. The "silly little dress" made a huge impact to the film industry, recently the dress itself was sold for 4.6 million dollars in an auction. Even those who have never seen the film recognize the most iconic photographs in movie history -
The Lady in the Tramp "Iconic Spaghetti Kiss Scene"
Disneys 1955 animated classic "The Lady in the Tramp" was one of the biggest box office hits of the time with the iconic spaghetti kiss scene, many people know of today. This scene incorporated 2 canines eating spaghetti and immediately after sharing an accidental kiss. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nWNXO3CZkU -
"To Kill A Mockingbird" Universal Studios Iconic Film
The best selling novel turned movie by Harper Lee was critically acclaimed, and starred Gregory Peck who won Best Actor Award at the Oscars for lawyer Atticus Finch. The film was produced under major film corporation, Universal Studios -
Titanic "How One Scene Changed Cruising"
The iconic "I'm Flying!" scene in Titanic is perfectly ingrained into many peoples minds. The scene shows Jack and Rose at the tip of the ship sprawling their arms wide as if they were flying, whilst looking out into the ocean and sunset. What makes the scene iconic is the fact that many cruise ships allow for romantics to recreate that moment at the bow of the ship, changing cruising in general, since that part of the ship usually closed off for the crew and crew only. The film grossed 1B -
Disney "Highest per Film Average"
Disney has the highest per film average of the leading film companies with a wooping number $124.7 million dollars. Contributing alot towards the business aspect of the film industry -
TV and Film Revenue Worldwide
The TV and Film industry worldwide as of 2015 is 286.7 Billion dollars and is projected to grow to 324.66 Billion in 2020, making on e of the top industries in the world -
US 3rd Largest Filmmarket in the World
More than 1.2 billion movie tickets were sold in the US in 2015, there are about 5,800 cinema sites in the US. About 14% of Americans go to the movies about once a month. 53% of Adults watch movies from home. 37% attend the movies a few times a year and 7% go to the movies twice or three times a month -
Current Target Market
The target market for film is practically everyone. It depends on the genre of the movie more than film in general. For example action films demographic is young adult males, social class is middle class, variety of ethnic backgrounds
