The history of movies (0)

The history of movies starts in early 1900s. American inventor Thomas Edison , began making short motion pictures at the turn of the century . In 1903, a movie called “The Great Train Robbery” was the first one to tell the whole story. Movies were silent at this time and orchestras played music in theathers, so movies would have sound.
The Jazz Singer in 1927 was the first movie to have sound. A year later, 1928, a funny animation movie “Steamboat willie” was produced.
1920-s were also the rise of hollywood . The majority of film making took place in the hollywood area. Hollywood was the initial birth place of the studios. Studios there were separated into 3 different groups. The biggest one was the Big Five . It included studios like ee WB. 20th Century Fox and Paramount.
Movies were fun. Everyone had something to talk about. People would go to see the movies in big groups and have fun. They started to assume that it was normal to be entertained. Most americans went to see the movies at least once a week. The movie industry became a big business. People might not know the names of government officials but they knew the name s of every leading actor and actress .
It also changed people’s thinking . Young americans tried to copy what they saw in the movies. They dreamed about faraway places and a different kind of life. THE STORY (do houses look like in Desperate Housewives and do women look like in Baywatch).
In addition the actors and actresses at this time were told to practice public behavior. Where to eat. How to dress , what they could be seen doing.
Made people more equal. Rich and poor families saw the same movies. The children all shared the same wish to be like movie stars .
Culture and westernization. The culture in big towns moved over to rural areas . The nation exported it-s culture through movies . Movies were actually key to the westernization of the world as 90% of all movies then were made in hollywood/us.
Information travelled faster. At some point the movie companies wanted to expand and do movies further away . People needed to communicate more. Another thing that I read was that world news back then were shown in the beginning at every movie.