Timeline

THE PIONEER, SILENT, MOVIE STUDIOS, GOLDEN, CHANGES, BLOCKBUSTERS, NEW MILLENIUM ERA

Cinema has come a long way since it first originated in the 1800s. The last 200+ years have been marked with creative experimentation and technological advancement. Every new film movement and filmmaking technique helped pave the way for the next innovation, creating the art form we now know and love.

THE PIONEER ERA
1895–1910

With zero experience and incredibly simple gear for recording and reproducing film, filmmakers started testing this new storytelling medium…

THE SILENT ERA
1911–1926

Film started putting emphasis on professional- made narrative drama, romances and comedies… 

THE RISE OF MOVIE STUDIOS
1927–1940

Expensive production houses to enable creation of movies that challenged the impossible… 

THE GOLDEN ERA
1941–1954

The Golden Age were pivotal years in the history of filmmaking. They established much of the technology that was built upon to create today's films...

CHANGES
1955–1976

Spreading of television and its organized production capabilities enabled audiences to have more choice, forcing cinemas to fight against TV with film productions…

BLOCKBUSTERS
1977–1990s

Rapid advances in film production techniques and early age of computer generated special effects revolutionized cinematography…

THE NEW MILLENIUM
2000s–present

Today, films are created all over the world, with new advancements in technique and technology created everyday…

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