The document summarizes the origins and history of Hollywood and the movie industry. It discusses how motion pictures began in the late 1800s with early inventions capturing sequential images. The 1920s marked when the movie industry truly flourished with hundreds of films made each year, and Hollywood became a cultural icon known for leisure and luxury. Major blockbuster films of the 1990s that contributed to the golden age of movies included Jurassic Park, Forrest Gump, and Titanic. The new millennium continued building on this success but also faced challenges like terrorist attacks and economic downturn.

1. aperhaps no other place on earth evokes the same air of show
business magic and glamour. The legend of Hollywood began in
the early 20th century and is an earmark of modern American
society rich in history and innovation.

2. HOW IT ALL BEGAN
 The origin of movies and motion pictures began in
the late 1800’s, with the invention of “motion toys”
designed to trick the eye into seeing an illusion of
motion from a display of still frames in quick
succession .
 In 1872, Edward Muybridge created the first true
“motion picture” by placing twelve cameras on a
racetrack and rigging the cameras to capture
shots in quick sequence as a horse crossed in front
of their lenses.
 The first film for motion photography was invented
in 1885 by George Eastman and William H. Walker,
which contributed to the advance of motion
photography.

3. WHEN IT BEGAN TO FLOURISH
 The 1900’s were a time of great
advancement for film and motion
picture technology. Exploration into
editing, backdrops, and visual flow
motivated aspiring filmmakers to
push into new creative territory.
 The 1920’s were when the movie
industry began to truly flourish, along
with the birth of the “movie star”.
With hundreds of movies being
made each year, Hollywood was
the rise of an American force.
Hollywood alone was considered a
cultural icon set apart from the rest
of Los Angeles, emphasizing leisure,
luxury, and a growing “party scene”.

4. GOLDEN MOVIES
1990s
Jurassic Park
Forrest Gump
Twister
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Titanic
Little Mermaid
Aladdin
Tarzan

5. Although technically, the new millennium dawned on January 1st 2001, the new decade of films
(and film history) began on January 1, 2000. It began with trumped fears over Y2K and major
terrorists attacks on 9/11/2001, was marked at its midpoint with the devastating natural disasters of
the Asian tsunami of 2004 and of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and ended with the financial meltdown
of the economy (the second crash and recession of the decade). The end of the decade was
punctuated by James Cameron's revolutionary and major blockbuster film Avatar (2009), the
highest grossing (domestic) film of 2009 - and of the decade. [It became only the fifth film in movie
history to exceed $1 billion in worldwide grosses, and did so in less than 3 weeks.] The film soon
surpassed the highest-grossing (worldwide) film of all-time - Cameron's own Titanic (1997).

6. MOVIES TODAY

7. THE BIG SIX

8. LINKS
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