The Early Movies Made In America

Introduction

The origin of movies in the United States of America first started with Eadweard Muybridge's demonstration on the capture of motion photography back in 1878. This movie was only based on a person riding a horse (Jacobs p. 85). The sound quality was great for that time era, even though it was very hard to hear and to keep unison with the motion picture. Another big problem with the sound quality in those times is that they didn't have the proper recorder equipments, which also made it hard to record the intended scripts due to fee back and background noises. Eadweard Muybridge's success spite the world's interest to start making movies. Once new inventions and technology were available to make better recorders and better pictures, different locations started to arrive of were to start filming. Places like New York, Chicago, Cuba, the world famous Hollywood, California, and even a small town here in Florida by the name of Picture City, which they named after making it their movie production center back in the early 1920s (Jacobs p. 85). Picture City would it been the Hollywood, California in Florida if it wasn't for a tragic hurricane in 1928 named Hurricane Okeechobee. This Hurricane devastated the area and cost multiple dead forcing the film industry to go back to California. In California master studios were build by big companies like, Very Well Know, Waner Brothers, MGM, Columbia, Universal, and Disney which started the movie industry boom, and the world lights, camera, and action all came together to transform the cinema industry to what it is today.

The American Films Then & Now

One particular significant aspect of American films that has evolved and developed over time in order for the genre to survive is the depiction and role of the Native American. Bruce Molloy comments on the depiction of Native Americans in American films in the early days, suggesting that they were seen as, "treacherous and sadistic savages opposing the ameliorating influence of white civilization." In Stagecoach the only role the Native Americans have are in an action-packed scene in which they launch an attack on the stagecoach upon horseback. These early American films seem to legitimize the genocide of the Native Americans in America's foundation. The Native Indians have no dialogue or personal introduction, making them indeed seem savage, animalistic and without natural human characteristic. Later American films however ...