MOVIE TECHNOLOGY

By Shala and Areic

FIRST MOTION PICTURE

In 1878, Eadweard Muybridge created the Horse

in Motion. This also proved that when a horse is

running, there is a point where all 4 hooves leave the

ground.

SILENT FILMS

Produced by Thomas Edison but

directed and filmed by Edwin S. Porter,

The Great Train Robbery was the first

movie that told a story in 1903. The film

is a classic western film with four bandits

who rob a train and its passengers and

then make their grand escape only to be

killed in a shootout by a posse sent after

them. Type of films like this were black

and white and silent.

FIRST MOVIE WITH SOUND

Don Juan(1926) was the first major motion picture (3

hours long) to have a synchronized sound system of any

type throughout the whole movie. It contained a music

and sound effects, but no recorded dialogue. In other

words, it’s a silent film with sound.

The first feature-length movie with dialogue was The

Jazz Singer (1927).

FIRST MOVIE WITH COLOR

The first full length movie to use color was The

World, The Flesh And The Devil from 1914 using

Kinemacolor.

The Wizard of Oz (1939) used Technicolor. It

started out in black and white then changed into

color to give it the “over the rainbow” effect.

TECHNICOLOR

Technicolour was invented by Herbert T. Kalmus in

1917.

Technicolor has been used by Alice in Wonderland

(1951), Cinderella (1950), Dumbo, Popeye, Looney

Tunes and many, many more cartoons and animated

movies.

FIRST 3D MOVIE

The Power of Love is considered the first 3D movie, made in 1922

The movie industry rarely created 3D movies until 2009, when James Cameron’s

Avatar changed 3D movies. Since then, most movies are 3D. Old movies have

also started to become rereleased in 3D.

Because of his financial trouble, Don Almeda promises his daughter, Maria to

Don Alvarez. But Maria falls in love with Terry O'Neil. O'Neil takes Alvarez's

place at a masked ball. Alvarez, in turn, accuses O'Neil of murder and tries to

shoot him, but wounds Maria instead, because she has thrown herself in front of

him. Maria recovers, and, after proving that Alvarez is a thief and a killer, weds

O'Neil.

FIRST MOVIE WITH CGI

The first movie to ever use CGI (computer-

generated imagery) was Megadata in 1971.

The first feature length film made entirely with

CGI animation was Toy Story in 1995.

4D MOVIES?!?!?

4D movies are most likely the next big thing.

4D movies are a term that describes an entertainment

presentation system combining a 3-D film with physical

effects in the theatre, which occur in synchronization with

the film.

There are 4D cinemas in Hong Kong, as well as Korea.

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