Sound: 1920's
- Before sound could be captured simultaneously to picture, there was the golden age of silent films. The process of synching sound had been achieved in 1914 with The Photo-Drama of Creation, in which slides and phonograph records were synched up. However, it was Warner Brothers' 'Vitaphone' that took the system to feature films.
- Recording sound effects (including dialogue) and adding musical scores all started with the major motion picture 'The Jazz Singer' (1927) which is regarded as the first film to have sychronised dialogue and singing.
- Screenwriting and acting slowly took on a whole new meaning and the new genres were formed as dialogue became a key component of films.
- In the beginning, only brief sequences, sometimes just five minutes long, would be colourised in black and white films.
- Technicolour was a very expensive process.
- One of the most famous early technicolour films shot entirely in colour was The Black Pirate which was very expensive
- Douglas Fairbanks decided after months and months of tests that he would shoot entirely in the studio and control every colour. He built the ship on his studio and had a pool; it was completely artificial as he would paint the leaves on the trees, effectively painting the set how he knew it would turn out
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