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  2. History of film - Wikipedia

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    The use of film as an art form traces its origins to several earlier traditions in the arts such as (oral) storytelling, literature, theatre and visual arts. Cantastoria and similar ancient traditions combined storytelling with series of images that were shown or indicated one after the other.

  3. List of cinematic firsts - Wikipedia

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    First feature film made for network television: See How They Run. Richard Burton's Hamlet was the first stageplay recorded on tape (Electronovision) and given a theatrical release. [82] Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! is the first feature-length animated film based on a TV series and the first theatrical feature produced by Hanna-Barbera.

  4. Lists of works of fiction made into feature films - Wikipedia

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    These are lists of works of fiction that have been made into feature films. The title of the work and the year it was published are both followed by the work’s author and the title of the film, and the year of the film. If a film has an alternate title based on geographical distribution, the title listed will be that of the widest ...

  5. List of years in film - Wikipedia

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    1893 – Blacksmiths, the first film shown publicly on the Kinetoscope, a system given to Edison; Thomas Edison created "America's First Film Studio", Black Maria. 1894 – Carmencita was made. According to film historian Charles Musser the first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera was in the film. She may have been the ...

  6. List of books on films - Wikipedia

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    Gone With the Wind As Book and Film. University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-87249-836-5. Leitch, Thomas (1 March 2009). Film Adaptation and Its Discontents: From Gone with the Wind to The Passion of the Christ. JHU Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-9187-8. Molt, Cynthia Marylee (2012). Gone with the Wind on Film: A Complete Reference Work ...

  7. History of film technology - Wikipedia

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    The Oxford History of World Cinema. Oxford University Press, 1999. Parkinson, David. History of Film. New York: Thames & Hudson, 1995. ISBN 0-500-20277-X; Rocchio, Vincent F. Reel Racism. Confronting Hollywood's Construction of Afro-American Culture. Westview Press, 2000. Salt, Barry. Film Style and Technology: History and Analysis 2nd Ed ...

  8. Lists of films - Wikipedia

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    Lists of feature film series. List of films produced back-to-back; List of films with post-credit scenes; List of longest running film series and franchises; Spin-off films* List of film remakes* List of Disney live-action adaptations and remakes of Disney animated films; List of English-language films with previous foreign-language film ...

  9. Precursors of film - Wikipedia

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    In the early days of film the word "photoplay" was quite commonly used for motion pictures. This illustrates how a movie can be thought of as a photographed play.Much of the production for a live-action movie is similar to that of a theatre play, with very similar contributions by actors, a theatre director/film director, producers, a set designer, lighting designer, costume designer, composer ...