Audience and institution Practice Essay

Today is May 5th, 2020. Then end of the school year is only one month way. We have already been doing online schooling for about 5 weeks now. I've gotten very use to it so far and waking up whenever I want is a nice privilege. I hope next year we can have school for the whole year. I have had turned in my course work for a couple of my classes now. This all feels weird still and I know I say that a lot but this is the first time this has ever happened in the world where we have to transfer everything to online. Anyways, my media teacher has been keeping us busy for a good reason and we so far had to write 2 essays for the class. I had fun writing them all in my honest opinion and it was interesting doing this one because it took me back to when film was first created. I do not know when my next blog will be but hopefully soon. At first, I didn't like the whole blog thing because it felt like writing a lot of essays but now I feel as if it has grown on me a bit. It's fun writing about my life and what I am doing in school. It reflects my progression throughout the year and its interesting to look back at it. Well that's all I have to say for this blog. Below will be the entire essay that I copied and pasted it. I wanted to give some context rather than just a plain ol' essay. Until next time!

Audience and Institution Essay

Question 6: In relation to the media area you have studied, discuss the ways audience          consumption has changed over time. (Film)

            Media is the most important thing to entertainment. Films have made media expand to where is today. Nowadays, you can watch a movie or show on your phone rather than buying a ticket for a movie. Netflix and Hulu are two examples of apps that you can watch movies, shows, and even documentaries on it. The impact of media makes our world of entertainment go around.

            The first known film was made in 1888, known as the Roundhay Garden Scene by the inventor Louis Le Prince. According to article What Was the First Movie Ever Made, it states that, “In the late 1880’s various people began experimenting with photo, blending them together to give the illusion of a motion picture.” This so-called curiosity led to the invention of the motion film and therefore the first film. In this time, audience of movies never existed due to the unpopularity of films at this time. Since the first film, the number of movies being created expanded and films began to gain popularity. Just 10 years after the first motion-picture movie (1898), the total number of movies made in their respected years went from 3 to 40 films. The first film projector was invented in 1879 by Charles Francis Jenkins and this is how these films were introduced. In 1896, “the first permanent home for showing movies in the United States was opened at 623 Canal Street, corner of Exchange Alley. The name of the theatre was Vitascope Hall. Cost for admission was 10 cents. This information was founded on the website known as pontchartrain. The articles name was 1896 First Movie Theater In the United States. Only 17 years after the first known film, the first movie theater was made. According to an article known as 100^th Anniversary of First-Ever U.S. Movie Theater, the first movie theater was named Nickelodeon and was opened in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on June 19, 1905. With these two inventions, people were able to watch movies by going out to movie theaters. 39 years after the invention of films, the first television was invented in 1927 by an inventor known as Philo Taylor Farnsworth, according to a google search, “when did the first tv come out.” However, it wasn’t until 29 years later in 1956 that the first film was broadcasted on television. That movie was The Wizard of Oz. Now people didn’t have to go out to movie theaters to watch movies and now they were able to watch it right from home. 20 years after The Wizard of Oz airing on television, the VCR was invented in 1976. Now with this invention, you can watch a movie on demand that you purchased. Another 20 more years later in 1996, a new type of film distribution came out known as digital versatile disc, or DVD for short. The next year, 1997, Netflix was founded. 11 more years later, it started online streaming and is now the most popular online streaming service.

We are fortunate in the day in age where we can access a movie anywhere. The history of film is very important to todays society. It shows how over time, movies became more popular because of more provided services. Today, film is arguably more popular than music, which most movies include soundtracks within their movies. The technology of film will only improve and who knows how much it will advance.

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