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  2. History of film - Wikipedia

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    In Germany, Oskar Messter had been involved in film-making from 1896, but did not make a significant number of films per year until 1910. When the worldwide film boom started, he, and the few other people in the German film business, continued to sell prints of their own films outright, which put them at a disadvantage.

  3. List of cinematic firsts - Wikipedia

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    U2 3D was the first live-action film to be shot, posted, and exhibited entirely in 3D, [129] the first live-action digital 3D film, [130] and the first 3D concert film. [131] Regarding its production, it was the first 3D film shot using a zoom lens , [ 132 ] an aerial camera , [ 133 ] and a multiple-camera setup . [ 130 ]

  4. List of years in film - Wikipedia

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    1889 – Eastman Kodak is the first company to begin commercial production of film on a flexible transparent base, celluloid. 1890s. 1891 – Dickson Greeting; ...

  5. Film - Wikipedia

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    Films from before the 1970s usually start a film with credits, often ending with only a title card, saying "The End" or some equivalent, often an equivalent that depends on the language of the production. [citation needed] From then onward, a film's credits usually appear at the end of most films. However, films with credits that end a film ...

  6. History of film technology - Wikipedia

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    By the start of the 21st century, physical film stock was being replaced with digital film technologies at both ends of the production chain by digital image sensors and projectors. 3D film technologies have been around from the beginning, but only became a standard option in most movie theatres during the first decades of the 21st century.

  7. Cinema of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Classical style began to emerge in 1913, was accelerated in 1917 after the U.S. entered World War I and finally solidified when the film The Jazz Singer was released in 1927, ending the silent film era and increasing box-office profits for the film industry by introducing sound to feature films.

  8. Silent film - Wikipedia

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    The film movements of Classical Hollywood as well as French Impressionism, German Expressionism, and Soviet Montage began in this period. Silent filmmakers pioneered the art form to the extent that virtually every style and genre of film-making of the 20th and 21st centuries has its artistic roots in the silent era.

  9. Timeline of computer animation in film and television

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    First CGI film created for viewing with 3-D glasses. Spawn: First extensive use of CGI fire in a feature film beyond sweetening. First film to integrate a CGI fabric onto a character's costume. [41] Titanic: First wide-release feature film with CGI elements rendered under the open-source Linux operating system. [42]