Early Film/Early Cinema
As surprising as it is, cinema too had its establishment stages particularly towards the end of the nineteenth century when it was invented following success in the development of optics and motion study as well as novelty in visuals. Like everything else, the newfound entertainment mode soon became commercialized upon which its affiliation to science was quickly discarded and a story-based approach incorporated to increase both the content scope and the length of the story to enhance the commercialized value of the creation.
As with most inventions, improvements to the filming industry in regards to the equipment of utilization were designed based on the achievements of a few pioneering individuals in the industry such as Étienne-Jules Mary and Eadweard Muybridge. The attempts to create devices that could produce an illusion of movement during the recording process resulted in the kinetograph and the cinematograph. These devices were popularized by the involvement of Thomas Edison and the incorporation of the functions of printing, camera, and projection onto one object which increased its convenience and efficiency more so in regards to movie development.
The study of early films in consideration of Tyler Perry’s ‘why did I get married’ is quite a relation able despite the fact that the production of the movie came eight decades after the era of early movies and the quality of visuals between the movie and the early ones are worlds apart. However, that does not mean that Mr. Perry’s work does not embody the spirit of the early films which nurtured storylines to include content and increase commercialization of the same. The foundation on which the industry is based today borrows heavily from the early ones.
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