The first film magazine in the history of world cinema

All firsts in the history of world cinema

A brief history of world cinema

1895~1910

● December 28 Lumiere Ten homemade films were screened at the Grand Café in Paris (1895)

● The first "phonograph theater" dedicated to showing sound films was established in France (1900)

● Park Gessen's comedy essay "On Laughter" was published (1900)

● Vitagraph Company was established (1900)

● Edwin. Porter's "The Life of an American Firefighter" uses complex outdoor shots and uses a melting technique to connect the lenses, starting the shooting technique of subsequent feature films (1902)

● In April, the first long-term film studio in the United States The "Electric Theater", a theater showing movies, opened in Los Angeles, directed by Thomas. Founded by Dowley

(1902)

● Biography Company began to use artificial lighting in indoor studios (1903)

● The first "Five Cent" in the United States Theater" established in Pittsburgh (1905)

● Emile. Call was exploring the possibility of animated films (1905)

● The first cartoon film: "Steps to Make Faces", directed by James. Stewart. Produced in Brighton (1906)

● Lee DeForest invented the sound tube, pointing out the possibility of electronic sound amplification (1906)

● Australia's first police film " "The Story of Robbery Kelly" was completed, about one hour in length (1906)

● In this year, it was estimated that about 80 million Americans visited the nickelodeon theater every week (the population of the United States at that time was about 100 million people), and There were more than 5,000 nickelodeon theaters in the United States (1907)

● Griffith went to work at the Biography Company. Due to the large number of film productions, a division of labor model was developed, which made the film director for the first time. People who understand machines will be in charge (1907)

● The United States "National Inspection Service" was established (1907)

● France began to produce stage-style art films (1907)

● Edison formed the "Motion Picture Patent Company" to authorize the filming, distribution and screening of films (1908)

● "The Great Train Robbery" director Edwin. Porter broke with the Edison Company, which soon stopped making films. At this point, the original movies were gradually replaced by feature films (1909)

● Carl. Durham used IMP's actress: France. News of Rowlands' fake death caused a celebrity craze

(1910)

● Griffith led the company's actors and staff to settle in Los Angeles, and many film companies moved to California one after another. Hollywood Local Development (1910)

Important works:

"A Trip to the Moon"

1900／Mérieux/France/Black and White

"The Life of an American Fireman"

1903／Edwin. Porter/USA/Black and White

"The Great Train Robbery"

1903/Edwin. Porter/America/Black and White

The birth of the first western film.

"Rescued by Rover"

1905／西西． Hepworth/UK/Black and White

Pioneering the technique of telling stories on the screen, it is Griffith's most skillfully edited work before.

"The Eagle's Nest"

1908／Edwin． Porter/USA/Black and White

The content describes the process of rescuing a baby captured by an eagle. Griffith acted in this film and learned the skills of directing.

1911~1920

● Warner Brothers began to produce movies (1912)

● The first film magazine "Shadow" appeared in the United States (1912) < /p>

● Senat's Keystone Company was founded (1912)

● Adolf. Salk established "Celebrity Company" (1912)

● William. Fox established the "Box Office Attraction Company" (1912)

● Senat produced the first American comedy feature film "Terry's Sad Romance", which launched Chaplin on the road to stardom ( 1912)

● The United States "Universal Corporation" was established (1912)

● Griffith established his own film company (1913)

● Teacher. Demir went to California to film "The Wife" and rented the Hollywood Barn for $75 per month (1913)

● Dadashah. Frank completed the first Indian film, with all equipment imported from Britain (1913)

● The first important new luxury theater "Riverside Theater" was built on Broadway (1914)

● Hawkinson founded Paramount Company (1914)

● ●Belasco’s lighting technician Buckland went to Hollywood (1914)

● Mélière finished filming him The last film (1914)

● The First World War caused many countries to control the import of enemy films, which indirectly reserved space for the development of domestic films (1914)

● Karl. Lamb established the grand Universal City of Photography (1915)

● The "Motion Picture Patent Company" was declared to have violated trust law by the court and declared bankruptcy (1915)

● Griffith, Ince and Senat founded Audio-Technica Pictures Company (1915)

● "Box Office Attraction Company" was renamed "Fox Company" (1915)

● Established between 1915 and 1917 The economic model of Hollywood (1915)

● Harvard University psychologist Hugo. Munsterberg wrote "Movie Drama - A Study of Psychology" (1916)

● Allen. Ray improved Belasco's set in "Pantheon" (1916)

● Chaplin moved to the "Mutual Aid Company" (1916)

● The German government was established "Ufa Production Company" began to shoot war propaganda films to suppress domestic anti-war voices

(1918)

There are many more. For details, see: Reference materials

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