Lumiere’s First screening -1895
The first purpose built cinema in the UK - 1911
First talking picture “The jazz singer”
9027
1930’s – Use of special effects e.g. stop motion in
King Kong
903 million attended the cinema
1930’s – First feature length Disney
animation
946 million attended the cinema
1940’s Example of use of Technicolor
1,309 million attended the cinema
1950’sFirst use of 3-D
1,181 million attended the cinema
1977 – Star wars used 4 channel
Dolby sound
103 million attended the cinema
1980’s The rise of the home video
recorder
53.8 million attended the cinema lowest year ever
1985The first multiplex cinema
opens in Milton keynes
72 million attended the cinema
1990Titanic breaks
new grounds use of CGI
96.4 million attended the cinema
1995Toy story the first
completely digital film
116 million attended the cinema
2009 – Avatar takes CGI to new levels with use of motion
capture technology
173 million attended the cinema