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The technology in movies through history!
By: José Pablo Montero Soto
The films have been an important part of our popular culture from about 100 years ago. Around in
the 20s, there was the famous " Silent Film " whose "technology" were cameras and projectors
using electric motors to achieve the constant speed of the movie .

Shortly after in 1927 appeared the first movie with sound and the name
was " The Jazz Singer ", but did not include conversations, this film included
the sound of fighting with swords and other musical sounds.

Then in 1935 the technology allowed the creation of the first film in
color, " Vanity Fair " by Rouben Mamoulian , Rouben got even greater
success with "Gone with the Wind" ( 1939).

In 1953, FOX launched one of the processes of creating popular format widescreen between 1953
and 1967: Cinemascope, the forerunner of the system we now know as Panavision, the most
widely used today.
One of the greatest advances in the technology of cinema was in 1982 with the movie "Tron "
which were introduced images generated by a computer
In 1995, a major step in the film thanks to the technology with the creation of "Toy
Story" a film completely generated by a computer.

The technology today has allowed a breakthrough in special effects used
in new films for example high quality textures in "Iron Man 3" or designs
of landscapes in the saga of "The Hobbit" technology has allowed films
advance over that anyone could have imagined at the beginning of the
creation of movies.

In conclusion, the technology has enabled a breakthrough films since its inception, the most
notable changes have on the special effects, high definition textures, sound quality and much
more.