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History of Cinema
The first film I am going to talk about is Frankenstein. It was a 1931 horror monster film
from Universal Pictures directed by James Whale about a scientist and his partner who
uncovered cadavers to build a monster. However, his partner accidentally gives the beast a
killer's brain. A favorite with audiences and critics, the movie was followed by multiple sequels
and has become an iconic horror film. It gave the struggling studio identity, as well as an influx
of cash. A lot about society, entertainment, and the way we like to be frightened has changed in
the most recent eight decades. However, the motion picture stays noteworthy because it was one
of the first connections in the evolutionary chain that led us to where we are currently.
Frankenstein isnt scary today. However, the movies that are frightening today wouldn't be
without it. This movie emerged at a time when the use of computer-generated imagery was
hardly in the picture.
The next movie is Casablanca, which was a 1942 romantic melodrama directed by
Michael Curtiz. The movie was always on top-ten lists of films. It is a dominating tale of two
men vying for the same woman's love in a love triangle. It was amongst the most well-known,
magical, and impeccable movies ever centered on the subjects of lost love, honor and obligation,
altruism, and romance within a turbulent world. The story of political and romantic espionage
was set against the backdrop of the wartime conflict between democracy and totalitarianism. It
focused on an American exile that had to pick between his affection for a woman and assisting
her spouse get away from Casablanca, a city in Morocco, to continue his battle against the Nazis.

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The film's reputation developed as audiences grasped it. It won three Academy Awards
for best picture, director, and screenplay. Its lead actors and interesting script have ended up
famous. The film has consistently positioned close to the top of the lists of the best movies ever.
It has had an influence on later works with many later films having borrowed on its elements. A
good example is the movie Sirocco in 1951. Sacrifice as a theme ran through the entire film. This
theme was for a wartime audience that was comforted by the idea that extreme sacrifice and
going to war could be romantic. Again, during the production of Casablanca, the computergenerated imagery technique had not been developed.
The next movie Singing in the Rain was a 1952 musical comedy directed by Gene Kelly.
It was just a moderate success when first released. However, it was granted its legendary status
by present-day critics. It is currently often viewed as one of the best films ever made. The film
topped the American Film Institute's 100 Years of Musicals list and was ranked as the fifth most
noteworthy American movie ever. Singing in the Rain has featured twice on Sight and Sound's
list of the top movies ever, in 1982 and 2002. In 1989, it was among the movies picked for the
National Film Registry for movies that were regarded historically, culturally or stylishly
significant and chosen for preservation. It hardly employed any computer generated imagery.
Bonnie and Clyde was a 1967 American historical crime film directed by Arthur Penn. It
was seen as a point of interest film and is considered one of the first movies of the New
Hollywood era. This consideration was because it broke numerous artistic taboos and was
famous with the more youthful era. Its achievement provoked other producers to be more open in
introducing sex and violence in their movies. The film's ending additionally got to be notable as
one of the bloodiest death scenes in the film history. It got Academy Awards for best supporting
actress and best cinematography and was selected for preservation. It was expected as a

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sentimental and comic variant of the fierce gangster movies of the 1930s, upgraded with cutting
edge filmmaking strategies. The film was controversial on its release because it assumed
glorification of killers, and for its level of graphic violence, which was exceptional at the time.
Although many believe its groundbreaking portrayal of violence adds to its artistic merit, Bonnie
and Clyde is still seldom criticized for opening the floodgates for violence in cinema. Forty years
after its premiere, it has been cited as a major influence on dissimilar films such as The Wild
Bunch, The Godfather, The Departed, and Natural Born Killers. By this time, advancements in
the cinema history were being realized although the computer-generated imagery was not yet in
use.
Star Wars was a 1977 American major space film written and directed by George Lucas.
The plot concentrated on the Rebel Alliance led by Fisher, and its endeavor to destroy the
Galactic Empire's space station, the Death Star. This contention disturbed the detached existence
of eager farmhand Hamill when he unintentionally procured a couple of droids that possessed
stolen design plans for the Death Star. After the Empire had started a destructive quest for the
missing droids, Skywalker consented to go hand in hand with Guinness determined to give back
the designs to the Rebel Alliance Empire. Lucas discharged a Special Edition of the Star Wars to
theaters. The re-release included modifications to the movie essentially motivated by the
improvement of computer-generated imagery and other special effects technologies, which
permitted visuals that were impractical to accomplish at the time of the initial filmmaking. It
received ten Academy Award nominations winning six of them. It is frequently viewed as one of
the excellent movies ever and was adopted in its first year of opening to become part of the
National Film Registry. At the time, it was the most up to date film to be chosen and was the
main film from the 1970s picked. The Star Wars film has had a lot of cinematic influence on the

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movies that came after. The series has produced a broad media establishment including books,
television series, video games, and comic books, bringing about a huge improvement of the
series' fictional universe.
Batman was a 1989 American superhero film directed by Tim Burton. It based on the DC
Comics character of a similar name. It received several Saturn Award nominations as well as a
Golden Globe nomination and won an Academy Award. Likewise, it propelled the similarly
successful Batman: The Animated Series, preparing a way for the DC animated universe and has
impacted Hollywood's current advertising and development systems of the superhero film class.
Batman was reprimanded in a few quarters for being excessively dull and extremely violent, but
nevertheless got positive reviews. Computer-generated imagery was used quite extensively in the
production of the film to come up with the special effects.
The Matrix was a science fiction action movie composed and directed by Wachowski
Brothers in 1999. It depicted a tragic future where reality as was seen by most people was a
reenacted one known as the Matrix. It was known for promoting a visual effect, bullet time. The
film was an illustration of the cyberpunk science fiction type. It contained various references to
religious thoughts as well as philosophical ones. Commentators applauded The Matrix for its
imaginative visual aspects, cinematography, and its stimulation. It was criticized earlier then later
praised for being crafty. The film additionally captivated pundits, some portraying it as great, yet
others rejecting it as a diversion from an intriguing premise. In spite of this, it showed up in lists
of the best science fiction movies. The Matrix made reference to numerous cinematic and literary
works. In this movie, computer-generated imagery was used extensively to generate skin and
cloth images and visual worlds.

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The last motion picture X-Men was a 2000 American superhero film taking into account
the Marvel Comics superhero group of the same name, circulated by 20th Century Fox. The film
portrayed a world in which few individuals were mutants, whose ownership of superhuman
forces made them doubted by ordinary people. It concentrated on the mutants Wolverine and
Rogue as they were brought into a struggle between two groups that had entirely different
approaches to bringing about the acceptance of mutant kind. In the late 1990s, computergenerated imagery was becoming more commonly used. Special effects companies were thus
hired to help. The movie was successful at the Saturn Awards and won categories for best
science fiction film, direction, writing, costume design, and supporting actress. The cinema
business has grown over the decades from 2-Dimensional to 3-Dimensional imagery. A lot has
improved since the adoption of new technologies in moviemaking. One sure thing is that as years
roll by the industry will continue experiencing growth.

Works Cited

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Pitts, Leonard. Conversations With The Comic Book Creators. The Journal of the Kirby Museum
(1987). Print.
Star Wars. Dir. George Lucas. 20th Century Fox, 1977. DVD.