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Tech over Time Movies

  • First movie created

    First movie created
    In 1888 the first movie was made and it was the movie called "Roundhay Garden Scene"
  • Thomas Edison and his company made the first motion picture camera

    Thomas Edison and his company made the first motion picture camera
    In 1888 Thomas Edison and his company had worked very hard to create the first motion picture camera
  • First movie theater was created

    First movie theater was created
    In 1896 the first storefront movie theater was created out of an old vacant store.
  • Started adding color to movies

    Started adding color to movies
    In 1907 people started adding color to the films because the standard film was just black and white.
  • Period: to

    Started making 90-minute movies

    In 1910-1920 they had started to make movies longer because they were only a short clip that lasted about 10-15 minutes long.
  • They added sound to movies

    They added sound to movies
    In 1927 they started to add sound to their movies as the old movies had no sound.
  • Period: to

    3d movies started to become popular

    In 1950-1960 3d movies had started to get very popular.
  • Period: to

    Started to get big screens

    In 1970-1980 they had started to add big screens to movie theaters.
  • Period: to

    They started to make movies longer than 90 minutes

    In 1980-1990 they started to make movies longer than 90 minutes and they made them about how long the movies we watch today.
  • started to move from film to digital projector

    started to move from film to digital projector
    In 2009 they had made the choice to switch from film over to a digital projector that was higher tech and better quality.