2. British Film Industry throughout the years:
1888
The very first motion picture was made in England by
French-born Louis Aime Augustin Le Prince in 1888.
The entire motion picture was using a single-lens
camera, in a public park which means it would have
been a low budget film because he wouldn‟t have to pay
out for scenery.
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3. British Film Industry throughout the years:
1914-1924
28th July 1914 – World War I bought the British
film industry into a great decline.
The British film industry continued to take a
downward trend until 3rd Jan 1924, production
came to a complete stop.
On this same date, parliament passed a bill
limiting the amount of over seas films that
came in.
4. British Film Industry throughout the years:
1937-9
On 1st Jan 1937, Oscar Deutsch opened his
Odeon chain of cinemas. This meant that the
amount of people viewing films peaked within
this year, however...
In January 1939, the time of the second world
war, the film industry slowed again distributing
only 60 films a year in comparison to the
average of 220 before the war.
5. British Film Industry throughout the years:
1953
House of wax, the first major studio 3D movie was
released in 1953. This encouraged the start of the
first boom period in the 1950, followed by the
second in the 1980s.
When the boom periods began to decline again,
many members of the public were complaining of
poor picture quality, nausea and headaches.
However, big film studios and producers still
continue to use 3D effects saying that:
“It‟s an experience people can only have in the
theatre” - Lisa Stewart, producer, Monsters Vs
Aliens
6. British Film Industry throughout the years:
1958
In October 1958 American studios had been
restricted of resources for production and
therefore began to consider Britain as their
production ground.
This meant that American and British film
industries could distribute films amongst each
other meaning that these films were made
more available for both American and British
audiences.
7. British Film Industry throughout the years:
1960
To aid the tourist industry and create another
attraction, in 1960, the Hollywood Chamber of
Congress inaugurated the Hollywood Walk of
Fame. The first star, placed on February 9,
1960, was for Joanne Woodward.
8. British Film Industry throughout the
years: 1970
The infamous series of „Carry On‟
films ended with Carry On Emmanuelle.
The age range of ‘cinema-goers’ changed from
family audiences to much younger audiences
that arrived in friendship groups.
9. British Film Industry throughout the
years: 1980
Thatcher made major cuts in support for arts
institutions.
A Films Bill in 1985 abolished the Eady Levy; the law
that had meant a percentage of box office takings in
Britain were put into British production.
But despite a government seemingly antagonistic
towards film, the late 80's still saw a steady increase
in British film production.
In their introduction to Take 10, Johnathan Hacker and
David Price say 'the late seventies and early eighties
saw the emergence and rapid growth of a variety of
small dynamic independent British production
companies, such as Handmade Films‟ „that have
become the bedrock of the British film industry.‟
10. Converging Technologies
Technologies have converged over the years,
ones outside of the film industry, such as; iPods,
mobile phones and computers.
"The advances in the technology are
staggering," "It's so much more sophisticated
now." - Mark Dinning, editor of movie magazine
Empire.
So it is clear that there has been technological
convergences within the film industry throughout
the years, 3D being one of them for instance.
