Introduction: Defining the Documentary From the very beginning, cinema has had one eye on the real world. Even as filmmakers were conjuring fantastical tales and dramatic fictions, others were turning their cameras outward—toward factories, street corners, tribal villages, and battlefields. These films didn’t rely on scripts or actors. Instead, they…
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The Evolution of Moving Pictures
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The Silent Era: From Nickelodeons to Epic Films (1890s–1920s)
The Silent Era – From Nickelodeons to Epic Films (1890s-1920s) The flickering images of early silent films hold a timeless charm, but their origins were anything but certain. In the late 19th century, moving pictures were little more than a curiosity, enjoyed in short snippets at fairs and scientific demonstrations….