Motion+Pictures

=Motion Pictures =

====Movies have always been very popular. However, do you know the history behind motion pictures? U ntil the late 1920's, motion pictures were silent except for the musical accompaniment provided by theatre owners in the form of live orchestras. ====

====It was during the 1920's when films really began to flourish. Throughout most of the decade, silent films were the predominant product of the film industry, having evolved from vaudevillian roots. However, films were becoming longer and costlier. They were being manufactured in assembly-line style, in Hollywood's 'entertainment factories,' in which production was broken down and organized into its various components (writing, costuming, makeup, directing, etc.). ====

====Film studios were confronted with many problems related to the coming of sound, including restricted markets for English-language talkies. Most hollywood actors and actresses lacked good voices and stage experience, and their marketability decreased. Technically, camera movements were restricted, and noisy, bulky movie cameras had to be housed in clumsy, huge sound-insulated booths with blimps to avoid picking up camera noise on the soundtrack. Artistically, acting suffered as studios attempted to record live dialogue, because stationary or hidden microphones impeded the movement of actors. Some of the earliest talkies were primitive, self-conscious, crudely-made productions with an immobile microphone - designed to capitalize on the novelty of sound. ====



====  The Warner Brothers Pictures was one of the biggest studios in the 1920's. It was incorporated in 1923 by Polish brothers Jack, Harry, Albert, and Sam in 1925. ====

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