Iconic People
This person invented the kinetoscope in 1889 and started film in America. He also started a patent war with independent filmmakers in the 1900s.
Who is Thomas Edison?
These places were early movie theaters and only charge 5 cents for people to watch films.
What is a Nickelodeon?
This era had black and white films with no sound. Movies during this era only had music.
What is the silent film era?
This studio was established in 1923 and was named after a pair of brothers. It currently owns Looney Tunes and Harry Potter.
What is Warner Brothers Studios?
Comedic Actor who established comedy with his silent films in the 1910s. He made his debut with a film called "The Tramp."
Who is Charlie Chaplin?
This method of filmmaking combined 3 negative beams (red, green, and blue) to create colorful movies.
What is technicolor?
This era tested old Hollywood film standards and created rebellious films like Bonnie and Clyde and started the "gangster" genre with The Godfather. It also made room for more independent filmmakers to make movies.
What was the New Hollywood era?
This studio was established in 1935 with the merging of 20th Century Films and Fox Film Corporation. Their biggest star at the time was Shirley Temple.
What is 20th Century Fox Studios?
Known for establishing "Blockbuster" films, this director created iconic movies during the 1970s and 80s and became one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema.
Who is Steven Spielberg?
This device recorded sound on film and changed the way movies were watched.
What is a Vitaphone?
Hollywood's most prestigious studio, this studio was known to have "more stars than there are in heaven" and was founded by Marcus Loew and Louis B. Mayer
What is Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) Studios?
Made in 1975, this was the very first "Blockbuster" film that also used the iconic dolly zoom effect to add drama. This movie is considered horror as you didn't see the threat until the end of the movie.
What is JAWS?
Founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle,this studio is the oldest surviving studio in America. This studio was known for their classic horror movies in the 1930s.
What is Universal Studios?
This Soviet-Russian filmmaker was inspired by film and created the "montage" effect in the 1910s. He tested this theory of cutting from an image of a man to an image of food, a coffin, and a woman to send different messages.
Who is Lev Kuleshov?
Also founded in 1912 by Adolph Zukor, this studio was one of the 7 studios that violated the Sherman Antitrust laws. In 1948, this decree caused studios to break up distribution and exhibition.
What is Paramount Pictures?