This lecture this week was about the Big Screen to Small Screen. We went through the timeline of Cinema and Film beginning in 1895 all the way through to 2001 and the creation of Internet Movies.
Film began in 1895 as Exhibition of Moving Images. No story line, just 20 images of daily life. The first feature length narrative film was made in Australia and a story of Ned Kelly and The Kelly Gang in 1906.
Dialogue was introduced to film in 1927, prior to this a live orchestra played alongside the screen. Two years later the first all colour film was released. Snow White, the first colour, all singing, all animated movie was released by Disney in 1937.
In 1939 TV was introduced in New York Trade Fair. Hollywood took awhile to catch on to they hype, but in 1955 began to sell back catalogue of movies to TV stations.
Film began in 1895 as Exhibition of Moving Images. No story line, just 20 images of daily life. The first feature length narrative film was made in Australia and a story of Ned Kelly and The Kelly Gang in 1906.
Dialogue was introduced to film in 1927, prior to this a live orchestra played alongside the screen. Two years later the first all colour film was released. Snow White, the first colour, all singing, all animated movie was released by Disney in 1937.
In 1939 TV was introduced in New York Trade Fair. Hollywood took awhile to catch on to they hype, but in 1955 began to sell back catalogue of movies to TV stations.
The birth of the Multiplex cinema came in 1963, originally with just two cinemas. The box office really started to skyrocket. By 1970 the cinema screens had started to get progressively smaller, and so the IMAX cinema was introduced.
In 1972 Pay TV begun, allowing Hollywood to be paid three times for a film; cinema, pay tv and normal tv. The first Blockbuster store was opened in 1985, in doing so creating even more profits for Hollywood.
In 1972 Pay TV begun, allowing Hollywood to be paid three times for a film; cinema, pay tv and normal tv. The first Blockbuster store was opened in 1985, in doing so creating even more profits for Hollywood.
In 1997 came the birth of the DVD. In the same year, the first internet movie was released, 'Troops' a parody of Star Wars and Cops. In 2001 BMW hired some of the best indie directors to make 10 short films starring the driver, played by Clive Owen. Each film went for about 10 mins and a different BMW used. These were made purely for the BMW website.
The rise of the internet movie has created a real shift in how films are produced and how the movies are viewed today.
The rise of the internet movie has created a real shift in how films are produced and how the movies are viewed today.
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