The history of film.By Sophie Bennett.

The first films.

• The first film was ‘The lumiere brothers’. It was made between 1895-1897. However it was also said that there was another film called ‘Race horse’ that was made before in 1978.

• first films were all silent and were shown in black and white.• Actors made exaggerated movements or had to mime.• Title cards were later introduced. • ‘The little match girl’ was made in 1902 and is a good example of

classic, silent films.

Sound.

• The first sound film was shown in 1927. This film was ‘The jazz singer’.

• In big cities a orchestra would play some music in the background while the audience watch the film.

• Before ‘The jazz singer’ was made the USA has made some experiments with sound.

The first cartoon.

• The first cartoon was made in 1928 and was called ‘Mickey Mouse’.

• Mickey mouse was a Walt Disney film and was the most famous Walt Disney cartoon made so far.

• This cartoon was in black and white and then later appeared in colour.

Colour.

• The first coloured film was made in 1902.• This film was discovered in Bradford.

• Colour films were most popular in 1922-1952.• Making films in colour was very expensive.• An example of a popular coloured film made in 1930 is

‘The wizard of Oz’.