Culture of Motion Pictures

In modern day, in people’s free time, they will sit back, relax, and turn on their preferred streaming platform. Where did it all start?

The evolution of motion pictures began in 1888. During this year, Thomas Edison and William Dickson wanted to create a device that had the ability to record motion pictures. That led to the Kinetograph – the first camera to record motion and could be displayed on a screen. Then in 1894, the “Kinetograph Parlors” opened allowing public film screenings.

As the United States were working on the first recording device and first public way to screen movies, the French were also working too. The Cinématographe by the Lumière brothers, Auguste and Louis was introduced in 1895. This device could project 16 frames per second.

The device projecting motion pictures became a big hit. Eventually, filmmakers started introducing new concepts into these motion pictures. For instance, these films would have story lines and would have music throughout the background. Up until 1927, these films would be “silent films,” where audio was not incorporated, but there was music to emphasize change in the plot line.

But now, in the year of 2020, motion pictures have evolved completely. Cameras have evolved and the process to create a movie has become very extensive. Dialogue is heavily used as well as effects.

The culture of movies have changed. People go to the movie theaters in their free time, but the emergence of streaming movies has evolved the use of motion pictures. People do not have to go to the movie theaters in order to watch a film. They can watch from their couch at home and watch not one, but countless movies.

Over a hundred years have passed and the culture of motion pictures have completely changed with the evolution of technology.

Reference: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/pickford-early-history-motion-pictures/