What led to the dynamic pictures we digitally watch today on the silver screen was a breakthrough every step of the way. ifilm invites you to join a walkthrough of those events, in chronological order.
Having covered some major events till 1895, here’s another historical period.
1896
Edisonia Hall, world’s the first known dedicated, purpose-built motion picture theater was opened to the public.
1896
Alice Guy-Blache, the first woman to produce a movie released her first narrative fiction film. She was unrivalled for about a decade, with no other female director competing.
1899
For the first time, object manipulation and stop-motion animation were utilized in a death scene in the short film ‘King John’.
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