Evolution Of The Movie Industry In The 1920's

Evolution of the Movie Industry
The origin of film started in the late 1800’s when motion picture cameras were introduced. Due to the lack of technology, the films from the late 1800’s were less than a minute long. These sub one-minute films did not have any sound until the 1920’s. The first film studios were built in 1897. Special effects were introduced and film stability, involving action moving from one sequence into another, began to be used. In 1905 the first “nickelodeons” were introduced. Nickelodeons were the first type of indoor area dedicated to showing projected motion films. Usually set up in converted storefronts, these small, simple theaters charged five cents for admission, which is where the name nickelodeons came from. These

As I was walking up, they told me that they now have menus at the seat you are sitting in and that I could just order from my seat. In my past experience at the movies, I usually would have ordered snacks prior to going into the theatre and then sitting down. While making my way into the theatre, I noticed that there were far less seats than normal. I soon realized that the movie theatre had upgraded the regular seats to extremely comfortable reclining seats. The atmosphere felt as if I was in my own personal theatre with people bringing me whatever it is I wanted. As the movie was starting the lights were dimmed and the theatre highlighted all the emergency exits barring an incident. After this was completed, people came around with three-dimensional glasses to intensify the movie theatre experience. As the movie, Doctor Strange, came on, I could not believe the visuals that were popping up in my face with the three-dimensional glasses. I was truly amazed with how advanced all the computer generated images have become over the years. Prior to seeing this movie, these computer generated images looked very fake in other movies that I have seen. Due to all the advancements in technology, this movie was a great experience, especially being in

The origin of film started in the late 1800’s with the invention of kinetoscopes. With the perfection of a moving picture camera in 1892, and the ensuing invention of the peephole kinetoscope in 1893, the stage was set for the modern film industry. The kinetoscope was built to handle only one customer at a time. When putting a penny or nickel in the coin slot, someone could watch a brief, black and white motion picture film. These kinetoscope parlors opened in New York, Chicago and several other countries by the end of the 1800’s. Even thought the kinetoscope pretty much disappeared by the 1900’s, it created the innovation of new advancements in film. With the combination of new audiences as well as a growing class of small entrepreneurs, the film industry resulted in an explosion of nickelodeons after 1905. These nickelodeons were five-cent films that garnered several admissions daily. “In 1911 the Patents Company reported 11,500 theaters across America devoted solely to showing motion pictures, with hundreds more showing them occasionally; daily attendance that year probably reached five million. By 1914 the figures reached about 18,000 theaters, with more than seven mil- lion daily admissions totaling about $300 million” (Czitrom). Although these motion picture shows were very popular, they had several issues as well. Poor sanitation, dangerous