1895: "Birth of cinema" = although there wasn't anything particularly interesting about these 20 minute screenings, the idea of moving images across a screen was intriguing for people, which in turn meant they were constantly sold out.
The shows were of simple everyday things, not narrative stories like we have today.
1906: The first feature length narrative film made in Australia, by Australians. The fully self contained story of Ned Kelly and the Kelly gang was a huge success.
1927: Birth of the "talkies" = MOVIE: "The Jazz Singer."
before then, all films were silent films - All that accompanied was an orchestra playing and title cards, to help the audience understand what was happening.
1929: The first ALL colour movie released. - movies had been in colour before this but were filmed in black and white, and technicolour transformed it. This one was recorded and presented in colour.
1933: First drive in theatre, New Jersey - 25c per car
1937: Disney released Snow White. - this was the first all colour, all talking, full length animated movie.
1939: T.V. was introduced at the New York Trade Fair
1952: Marked a crucial turning point...
> Birth of 3.D - still unique
1955: Hollywood saw t.v. medium as money maker
> They began selling back catalogues of films to television stations - which meant the first movies on television.
1956: Ampex - first VCR (reels)
1959: Movie - "The tingler"
> Percepto-vision: a little box under the seats in a theatre which would electric shock people at scary points throughout the film - there were only 20/100 seats with the boxes - their screams would cause other people in the cinema to scream.
> Aroma - rama: 50 scents - different aromas would be placed in front of the air conditioning unit to involve the audience.
1963: Ampex released consumer VCR
> Birth of multi-plex theatre = this allowed blockbuster films to be played on more than one screen and more than one complex at any given time.
1967-1969: Sony introduced VCR and porter pack = this meant people could take VCR around with them, and connect it to their camera and record their own images.
1970: Screens getting smaller.
> IMAX DEBUT
1972: Pay T.V - make money 3 times.
> the more avenues a film travels down, the higher the profit.
1985: First Blockbuster video shop
> yet another avenue
1986: PIXAR - full CGI film
> LUXO JUNIOUR
1995: PIXAR made "Toy Story"
> full length CGI animated film.
1997: DVDs released as format to watch films.
>Kevin Rubeo - internet film. (star wars mashed with cops - parody)
------> "Troops" <------ **Hollywood failed to grasp the concept of the internet - failed to realise people are downloading films on a daily basis. (They still havent learnt) 2001: High watermark internet films > BMW hired biggest international directors and created 8 short films about 10 minutes each.
The lecture kind've went over-time today: which was a bit disappointing because we had to cut this time line up a little bit and i was finding it really interesting. Thats why there are a few big gaps. Josh put it on learning at griffith, but it didnt work.....? So i dont really know whats going on there.
I re-read the new lecture notes and they were alot more interesting than mine.
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