Research

Since films have first been made there have been many technological advances in the media. The first materials to have recorded action were on plastic. In 1888 the world’s oldest recorded short film was two seconds long and was called Roundhay Garden Scene by inventor Louis Le Prince. It was recorded at 12 frames per second. The following year, US inventor George Eastman developed the first roll of film made of celluloid which could easily bend to fit around the reel. It was made of gun powder and camphor and is moulded to the desired shape through heat. It was said that the first movie made was called ‘The Waterer Watered’ a French film in 1895. The original title was called 'L'Arroseur Arrosé'.
 

Early films did not have sound already added to them so in theatres they would usually have a pianist to give it a better atmosphere to give films another dimension so to speak.  The first film with all talking was made in 1927 called ‘The Jazz Singer’ made by the Warner Brothers. With the increasing amount of ‘talkies’ it severely hurt the careers of those who had been in silent films and also the musicians who would play music at the theatre alongside the films.