Wrapping Cinema History

Take a few moments to reflect on what you have learned in this unit. The history of cinema is pretty vast, and we could only cover a short part of it. After watching this video, what do you notice about the evolution of filmmaking? How did it all begin? How far have we come? In your opinion, where are we headed? I noticed how the pictures changed, the quality, the frame-rates, etc. I learned a good amount of the history of film, inventions, innovations, famous stars, public figures. There were so many things that I didn't know about, and I didn't think Thomas Edison had such a large impact in film. I just knew him as the guy that created the light bulb and nothing more, nothing less. I learned about so many people that had made a great contribution to film as we know it. We've come so far in so little time, just within the first 20 years of film so many great things happened. In my opinion I think there will be many more new discoveries/innovations to come, because of how incredible technology is. I do fear AI will take over in the future when it comes to cinema, but that's for the future to tell. 

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