1885 – The first ever short film to be publicly exhibited is “La Sortie de l’usine”. The short of very short as the technology wasn’t advanced enough. Here it is:
1910 – Films started to get longer in duration and the term “short subjects” was used for the first time. The term became popular because people could now go to the cinema and see a couple of films instead of just seeing the one. Cinema was only the only forms of entertainment at the time which was accessible by the wider population. Cinema was an important part of people’s lives.
1930s – Hollywood studios stared to block-book films, which meant they would rent out a number of films to a cinema/cinema chain at one time. Hollywood studio companies also forced small production companies to sell their short films on to them and they would then make them into feature films. The US Supreme court later declared block-booking to be illegal. However, damage to the short film industry had already done. Feature films were started to be made and as they were of a greater duration compared to shorts, they were more profitable for films makers.
1940s & 1950s – Avante Garde becomes a popular style of short film
1960s – When television came along, this in a way saw the end of short film as it was.
1980s – Short film experienced a re-birth, but the short films which were being made differed a lot to the ones which were made right at the start of the original birth of the medium. They were no longer about commercial success, but were more about getting a message across.
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