1891 – Kinetograph designed and patented by T. A. Edison and W.K. Dickson 1893 – Kinetoscope designed by Dickson shown in public ( a box with a peephole to show images after inserting a coin....didn´t have much success) 1895 – pictures projected to the audience for the first time in Paris with a Cinematograph made by Lumiere brothers. First films showed one scene which took about a minute. 1898 – Robert Paul´s company used cut to longer the film. 1901 – developement of new techniques G.A. Smith invented the basic technique of breaking a filmed scene down into a number of shots taken from different camera positions ( The Little Doctors) 1902 – James Williamson developed the movement of action through series of shots taken in various locations (Stop!, The Thief. ) 1903 – chase films : characters pursude through more and more different scenes 1905 – Nickeldeon in Pittsburgh : the first cinema running fulltime (before, there was no special place for presenting movies) 1908 – MPPC : a Motion Picture Patents Company established. ( intended to control the film business, succeeded only for 2 years) 1908 – new company in France : Film d´Art with a programme using artistically recognized writers, musicians and actors. *D.W. Griffith : actor, playwright and director. He used and invented acting gesture, moved his actors from space to space, developed the technique of crosscutting between parallel actions. 1912 – Western shots in California develops : the use of reverse-angle shots and POV a point of viev shot. 1909 – Mack Sennet intensified comedy effect by undercracking : speeding up the actions. Comediants created a more naturalistic character ( Max Linder, Charlie Chaplin) 1913 – feature films ( La Caduta di Troia). A basic feature of a wellmade play was a task for the hero: to overcome the challenge and get the girl aswell. 1914 – new technical devices as flashback and tracking shot : moving the camera while filming. 1919 – Hollywood becomes the major center of production. United Artists is a company made by prominent figures: Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D. W. Griffith 1920 – major am.
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