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Zoetrope - 0 views

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    The link shows the history of Zoetropes. There's also a video on how it worked and when it was used.
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Brief History of Drive-in Theaters - 0 views

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    This website has some good information about the history of drive in theaters through out different generations. From begining of the 30s to the 2000s, drive-in theaters still exist for the public.
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Redbox impacts little on DVD sales - 1 views

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    Here film giant Paramount found out that the $1 redbox rentals had minimal effects on DVD sales. Also, this tells us some information about how media giants struck deals with movie kioseks and streaming services to generate money.
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Adolph Zukor: Paramount Pictures - 0 views

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    Adolph is an interesting businessman. He created Paramount pictures and this link contains some of his tactics and ways that he lured in americans to his films including hiring big-name actors to be featured in his movies.
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History of Thomas Edison - 0 views

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    Information about the invention of the Vitascope and projectors. Edison has his hands on patents that insured his rights to this invention.
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Hollywood 10 - 0 views

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    A major event for the film industry we should highlight. this article talks about the hollywood blacklist extensively.
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Hollywood faces challenge in China - 0 views

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    This video tells us that hollywood blockbusters are pushed back from their anticipated due dates because of chinese domestic films. Also it highlights some information about the competition between their movies and foreign movies.
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Tomas Edison legal battles with the film industry - 0 views

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    Edison sues over motion-pictures technologies and patents. This is important because he invented many things and companies began to sort of copy his things.
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Chronophotography: Early Victorian Motion Photography - 0 views

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    This link talks about the chronophotography and how it combined several shots into one film. It appeared as if the image was moving.
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Movie Censorship - 0 views

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    this website has some useful info about the censorships of movies throughout hollywood history. This could be a useful website to check and compare past, present, and the censorship of the future.
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DVD and Blu-Ray - 1 views

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    This link is extremely helpful and must be on our wiki. it shows and compares dvds to bluray and how bluray discs became mainstream.
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DVD info - 0 views

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    DVD was and is still is a big part of the film industry. This link shows us the history of it briefly but we must get into it more than this.
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Pixar - 0 views

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    We need to talk about Pixar movies and how computer graphics revolutionized animation in film. This is a brief history of the company and i encourage more research about it
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is this the future of movies? - 0 views

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    This link could be helpful for us because it contains many insight and predictions about the future of the film industries. The people giving out their opinions on what will happen next are directors and CEOs in Hollywood's studios and corporations.
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Hollywood sequals - 0 views

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    this link shows how hollywood depends heavily on movie sequels and hero adaptations rather than an original story.There's a little chart that illustrates this issue and gives examples.
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Digital History - 0 views

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    this link has many many IMPORTANT INFORMATION for our Wiki. it has a range of different topics and dates we could use in graphs and our own timeline.
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History Of VHS - 1 views

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    This article has a brief but faily helpful notes on VHS history.It also talks about the companies involved in this segment of the film industry.
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