The History of Cinema

This week's lecture was on the history of cinema and the advancements - from the small screen to the big screen, from black and white to colour, from short films to feature length. While technology continues to develop, filmmakers are given more opportunities to express themselves creatively; the sky is the limit. Below is a brief timeline charting the progress of cinema up until the present day...

1906- first feature length narrative. Australian film Ned Kelly.

1927- introduction of dialogue. The Jazz Singer

1929- first all colour movie

1933- first drive in theatre

1937- Disney released Snow White. First feature length animated film

1939- TV introduced at New York trade fair

1952- introduction of 3D

1955- movies on TV

1956- first proper VTR

1963- 'percepto' vision, aromarama

1967- Sony introduces VCR and portapack

1970- IMAX debuted

1972- pay TV introduced

1985- first Blockbuster Video store opens

1986- Pixar makes first fully animated film

1995- Toy Story first feature length CGI film

1997- DVD video released.