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What was the first movie?

The most amazing thing in the history of the development of cinema is that the first discoveries in this area were made by people who were not interested in cinema itself: they just wanted to study the movements of animals.

Even Thomas Edison, who perfected the so-called "kinetoscope" in 1893, thought of it as fun. But there were many other people who, seeing great opportunities for entertainment in these discoveries, began to make films.

In the beginning it was just shooting something moving: waves of the surf, running horses, children frolicking, trains arriving at the station. The first film to have a plot was released at Edison Labs in 1903. It was The Great Train Robbery and it caused a national sensation.

The first fixed theater in the United States opened in November 1905 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was beautifully decorated. The owners called it "cinema" ("cinema" - "cinema"). Soon other cinemas were opened all over the country.

One of the most famous early film directors and producers was the former actor D. Griffith. He was the first to move the camera during the filming of the scene, and also improved the technique of editing, discovered close-ups and much more in the art of cinema. In 1914, Griffith directed The Birth of a Nation, one of the most spectacular films of all time. This Civil War film cost over $750 and was the most expensive film made up to that time.

Hollywood became the movie capital after Cecil deMille and Jess Laskey started filming a movie there called "Indian Woman's White Husband". Soon, other film companies began to move to Hollywood. The development of modern cinema is rapidly gaining momentum.

Author: Likum A.

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