History of Films

History of Films

IMR - Institutional mode of Representation is the style of films that developed during the classic era of Hollywood cinema.

The 'primitive style' of movie-making predated classical Hollywood's continuity system. Techniques : Frontal staging or a tableau style, exaggerated gestures, hardly any camera movement, no point of view shot. Early Cinema was silent and unsophisticated more like melodramatic mime.
The Jazz singer (1927) introduced sound to the world of films.
In 1880 the first movie camera was invented and this meant films were able to be made and up until 1927 they were silent films with subtitles added. The first genuine film was Roundhay Garden scene made by Louis Le Prince in October 1888. When showing these films to engage the audience more and enhance their experience the films were normally played with live musicians, sound effects of commentary.
However in 1899 an important development in films was the first production of short films. A 30 second long piece was made in order to persuade the audience to send matches to the soldiers fighting in the war. Edwin S.Porter  made it interesting discovery of adding dissolves between every shot in his film to make it more appealing.