HISTORY OF FILM

FILM

Film is the tecnique which consists

of projecting several frames
(pictures) in succession (order) and
very quickly in order to create the
impression of movement, showing
this way a video.

Film tells stories. It’s considered

worldwide the 7th Art.

The Film History begins on December

28th 1.895 when Lumière Brothers
invented Cinématographe and
projected some workers leaving a
factory in Lyon (France).
 SILENT FILM
A silent film is a film with no
synchronized recorded sound,
especially with no spoken
dialogue. In silent films for
entertainment the dialogue is
transmitted through muted
gestures, mime and title cards.
Lumière Brothers used to film daily
routines about people’s lives and works.
But later, Georges Méliès used his
imagination to make people’s dreams
come true since they could watch and
enjoy unreal and funny stories. This way,
fantasy could fly across the light. He
invented the special effects.

In silent films title cards were

introduced in the middle of the
scenes to explain the action or
dialogues. Sometimes, we could
hear a piano call to spice up the
show.
 SOUND FILM

A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized

sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as
opposed to a silent film. The first known public
exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris
in 1900, but decades passed before sound motion
pictures were made commercially practical. It took
place in 1.923 and they were short motion pictures.
So, the first real film with sound was released in
October 1.927 and it was called “The Jazz Singer”.

The movie stars Al

Jolson who performs
6 songs.
 COLOUR FILM

Colour filming was not seen until

1.932. The first colour film was a
cartoon produced by Walt Disney
called “Flowers and Trees” (July
1.932).

The first live action films

were:
• The Cat and the Fiddle.
• The House of Rothschild.
They both were produced in
1.934
 THE FIRST EVER CINEMA

The first movie theatre in the

world exclusively devoted to
showing motion pictures was the
Nickelodeon, which was opened
on June 19th 1.905 in Pittsburg
Pennsylvania (U.S.A.)

It was invented by Harry Davis and

John P. Harris who moved 96 seats
into an empty store at 433-435
Smithfield Street, transforming it
into the world’s first movie
theatre.