This is where it all began!!!

(La Sortie de l'Usine Lumière à Lyon)

In 1895 is where film making began, this 45 second clip was the first film ever made. It static shot of workers leaving a factory in 45 seconds. It is very simplistic but at the time it was a huge step because noone had ever seen anythink like this and only got bigger and better as time went on.

In 1910 films became longer so it sparked of 'short film'. Short film were shown in cinemas and the duration ment that 3-4 were shown in one screening. This became hugely popular as going to the cinema was one of the very few things people could do at this time period.

In 1930, A man named Aldoph Zukor who was the leader of Paramount studios introduced a block booking to the hollywood film industry. Block booking was getting someones short film idea and turning it to a feature length film. Short film makers were normally made by small production companies so were forced to sell there ideas. Block booking was seen as wrong and was made illegal despite this, feature length films were hitting cinemas and pushed short film to the side as 90 minute feature length films become popular in the film industry.

There were 4.2 million television sets in America in the 1950's, this was a gate way for short films to become popular again therefore it was shown on television until the 1960's.

In the 1980's short films were made way more gritty. Short film as a type of film became less about making profit and having comercial success and became more about protraying a message and being creative in all aspects. Short film was now reinvented.