Wednesday, June 3, 2009

History of film

The first moving image in history was made in 1878. It was a clip titled "A Horse in Motion" and was made by Eadweard Muybridge.

The earliest celluloid film was shot by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince using the Le Prince single-lens camera made in 1888. It was called "The Round hay Garden Scene" and goes for 2.11 seconds. It was taken in the garden of the Whitley family house in Oakwood Grange Road, Roundhay, a suburb of Leeds, Yorkshire, Great Britain, possibly on October 14, 1888

The first film ever made was "Exiting the Factory" in 1895. It is simply a film of people exiting a factory.

The first public exhibition of motion pictures occurred on 28th December 1895with "Arrival of a train at La Ciotat".

The first feature film ever made was "The story of the Kelly Gang", which was made in Australia in 1906. It is considered the first full length feature film because it was longer than 60 minutes, although only about 20 minutes of the film remain today. When "The story of the Kelly Gang" was originally released, it was banned in some parts of Australia due to concerns for law and order. It was made only 25 years after Ned Kelly died.

The very first spoken voice in a feature film was heard in New York on October 6th, 1927 when "The Jazz Singer" was released. The voice was that of Al Jolson.

The use of synchronised music in movies had been in use for over a year as a result of the Vitaphone system introduced by Warner Brothers. The first film to use Vitaphone was "Don Juan" starring John Barrymore.

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