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the firsts, in world history

2006-11-28 23:35:29 · 4 answers · asked by Janellebby 1 in Arts & Humanities History

specify the year. the oldest, the coolest, which is good, instant 10 points!

2006-11-28 23:40:40 · update #1

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Adam and Eve were the first actors. They tried to put on a show for God.

2006-11-28 23:43:44 · answer #1 · answered by Aggie80 5 · 0 0

Roundhay Garden Scene is a 1888 short film directed by French inventor Louis Le Prince. It was recorded at a groundbreaking 20 frames per second and is credited as being the first motion picture film ever made.
the stars were:
Adolphe Le Prince
Sarah Whitley
Joseph Whitley
Harriet Hartley

Motion pictures were purely visual art up to the late 19th century, but these innovative silent films had gained a hold on the public imagination. Around the turn of the twentieth century, films began developing a narrative structure by stringing scenes together to tell narratives. The scenes were later broken up into multiple shots of varying sizes and angles. Other techniques such as camera movement were realized as effective ways to portray a story on film. Rather than leave the audience in silence, theater owners would hire a pianist or organist or a full orchestra to play music fitting the mood of the film at any given moment. By the early 1920s, most films came with a prepared list of sheet music for this purpose, with complete film scores being composed for major productions.

The rise of European cinema was interrupted by the breakout of World War I while the film industry in United States flourished with the rise of Hollywood. However in the 1920s, European filmmakers such as Sergei Eisenstein and F. W. Murnau, along with American innovator D. W. Griffith and the contributions of Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton and others, continued to advance the medium. In the 1920s, new technology allowed filmmakers to attach to each film a soundtrack of speech, music and sound effects synchronized with the action on the screen. These sound films were initially distinguished by calling them "talking pictures", or talkies.

2006-11-29 08:43:19 · answer #2 · answered by Suki_Sue_Curly_Q 4 · 0 0

The first play would have been something like 'Alcestis' by Euripides in 438 B.C. Couldn't tell you the names of the actors but they would have been the first, and they would have been great, I'm sure.

2006-11-29 08:39:46 · answer #3 · answered by SDC 2 · 0 0

Role-playing is as old as man himself; indeed, it's not even confined to humans, so you'll have to define exactly what you consider the formal definition of an actor to be able to guess at this one.

2006-11-29 21:03:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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