The document outlines the evolution of cinema, divided into distinct eras from the pioneer era (1895-1910) to modern times, highlighting key figures and technological advancements. It discusses significant films and trends, including the transition from silent films to talkies and the impact of Hollywood's golden era. The summary emphasizes how cinema has transformed through various innovations and continues to develop in the modern film industry.

1. Evolution
of
cinema
Presentation by M.S.S.Perera

2. contents
1. HISTORY
2. The Pioneer Era
3. The Silent Era
4. Talkies and the rise of the
Hollywood studios
5. Golden Era of Film and
restructuring of Hollywood
6. Changes
7. New millennium – Modern
film industry

3. history
Important persons , dates and inventions
Leland Stanford-businessman
and race horse owner
Edwerd Muybridge-
Prominent
photographer

4. Muybridge had stubbled one very important discovery,
“If you took many photographes of one image taken
very quiekly one after the other,and put them together,
you got a moving image”

5. • Muybridge invented a machine calledThe Zoperaxiscope…
• With this experimrnt he became “The Father of the
moving picture”
• Muybridge invented a machine calledThe Zoperaxiscope…

6. Thomas Edison William
Dickinson

7. William Dickinson invented “The
Kinetoscope”
Only one person was
able to view the
image at once.
A German named Ottomar
Anschutz discovered how to
project this image to group.

8. French Brothers Auguste and Louis
Lumiere
They got a hold of the two ideas, they merged them into
what beame a cinema..

9. THE EVOLUTION OF CINEMA VIA DIFFERENT
ERAS
• Cinema has been envolving since its birth.
• We can divided this evolution process into
different eras
1. 1895 to 1910 - The Pioneer Era
2. 1911 to 1926 - The Silent Era
3. 1927 to 1940 - Talkies and the rise of the Hollywood
studios
4. 1941 to 1954 - Golden Era of Film and restructuring of
Hollywood
5. 1955 to 1976 – Changes
6. New millennium – Modern film industry

10. 1895 to 1910 - The Pioneer Era
• With Zero experience ,film makers
started testing this new story telling
medium by creating film reels.
• First Film-George Miles’s A
Trip to the Moon in 1905
• It is 5 minutes long short
story.

11. 1911 to 1926 - The Silent Era
• In Silent Era , people were making
silent films..
What is Silent Film?
• Silent film or Silent cinema,were basically that films
had neither Voice or Music.

12. Characteristics-:
 Most of the film were shoot in Black and White.
The music to the film was playing live.
Fast rhythms- Chases
Serious sound- When reflecting moments of
mystery.
Romantic Melody-Love
Pianos,Organs and other instruments used for it.
Who Invented Silent Film?
The Luimiere Brothers, in the Indian salon in

13. Actor of Silent Era
1.Charlie Chaplin 2.Harry lagdon 3.Buster
Keaton
4.Stan Laurel and
Oliver Hard

14. Actresses of Silent Era
Asta Nielsen
Alla Nazimova
Betty Bronson

15. Some of the most important Film of Silent Era
• Louis Le prince’s Roundhay Garden-
First silent film
• Dawn-First silent which win the Oscar for
the best film
• Sunrise
• Man with movie camera-1929
• City lights-Charlie Chaplin

16. 1927 to 1940 - Talkies and the rise of the Hollywood studios
• First Feature –length sound movie maded.
• The Jazz singer on 1927.
• It is release of Warner Bros.
After this great
change
 The theaters were grow.
 New movie genres to be made (horror and monster
movies)
 Bigger stars to appear on silver screen.

17. Movies of This Era,
1.Singing in the rain
2.Sun-rise
3.Earth
4.City Girl

18. Actors and Actresses
Greta Garbo
John Barrymore
John Crawford

19. • New Film Makers and ,also new audiences arrived.
• World war -2 brought new kinds of movies.
• Audiences, started enjoying,
Comedies
Slapstick Films
Gangster Films
Science Fiction
1941 to 1954 - Golden Era of Film and restructuring of
Hollywood

20. • Indian Cinema changed significantly and ,become more
populer.
Movies of This Era,
Bambi-Walt Disny’s animated
film
The man who come to dinner
Mr.Miniver
Flying tigers
Cat people
Sabrina

21. Actors
Abbott and Costello-two
commandants
Humphrey Bograt
Audrey Hepburn
Fred Astaire

22. 1955 to 1976 – Changes
• Foreign films started appear in US
cinema.
• Film were elevated on to new level.
• Also Television was spreading in this
time.
Directors,
1. Hitchcock
2. Curtis
3. Munroe
4. Bardot
5. Taylor

23. Movies in this Era

24. Actors and actresses
Jaya
Bachchan
Marlon Brando
Michel Caine
Client Eastwood
Practicsia
Medina

25. 1977 to late 1990s – Dawn of modern film industry and appearance of Blockbusters
• Special effect and techniques added to films.
Example-:
Star wars -1977
• Movie storylines and plot are becme complex.

26. Actors
Johny Depp
Leanardo
decaprio
Jacky Chan Alpa chino
Tom Cruise
Marks hamil

27. Actresses
Kajol
Madhuri Dixit Carrie Fisher
Jennifer Connelly
Vinona Ryder

28. Famous movies in this era

29. New millennium– Modern filmindustry
• Today, films are created all over the world, with the
major business
centers being United States, India, Hong Kong, Canada,
France, UK,
Italy and Germany.

30. Now people use new technology for cinema and,
Modern film industry developing day by day.

31. However these all began with a horse galloping.
We can also watch movies from our home. There are
3D,4D,5D movies and we can get better real experience with
this new technology.

32. THANK
YOU…
M.S.S.
Perera