Movies through the years

Movies since they were generated have become huge part of our lives. From the beginning of the 20th century, stage plays and productions were developed into full length movies. Originally known as 'silent movies', due to the lack of sound equipment. The message was translated through music which depicted the various emotions of the characters. They were also originally displayed in black and white hence the term 'black and white movies' or 'film noir' for such movies. The era of silent movies lasted between 1880 to late 1920's.
        As time progressed, sound was developed for the screen hence the characters could communicate to themselves and the viewers through dialogue. This began with the movie 'The Jazz Singer" in 1927 and about a decade later silent movies died out. The 1930's also saw a development of film genres such as musicals, gangster movies, westerns, horror, historical biopics, amongst others. It's due to these new storylines and transition to sound and better evolution of color that the age of film in that decade is termed "The Golden Age of Hollywood". Cartoons were also developed for the screen and people became more interested and immersed in movies. Hollywood actors became celebrities idolized by people everywhere.
        The 1940s and 1950s are known as the 'classic period' of American movies. These movies were either low and moderately budgeted without major actors thus termed B movies.
         Colored movies were originally expensive and difficult to produce hence were displaced by black and white movies. It is believed that the first colored movie was in 1908 called A Visit to the Seaside, it was 8 minutes long. The first full length colored movie was in 1914, called The World, The Flesh and The Devil. However its not really known when the first colored movie was made, since they were all produced using different colored methods since 1890. It was then a bit more prominent in the 30s with movies such as The Wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind both released in 1939. By 1957, about half of the movies in Hollywood were in color.
 However color became more prominent with the invention of color television in 1960. Black and white movies then gradually started to fade out and were virtually non-existent in the end of the decade.
         From then onwards the movie industry has been improving in its srorylines, cinematography, scores and many others. As we enter a new decade movies are now being introduced in 3D offering  better picture and sound quality. People are now more interested in movies with thousands of them being downloaded daily.
          It is evident that as humans evolve, so do our inventions. They are continually made to be better for their clients. That is the aim of directors and producers, to constantly go where no man has gone before to bring a new element of film to viewers. With such a competitive industry we can be assured that as we move on through the years, the film industry will continue to bring us something new.

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