The Birth Of Cinema

When I say cinema, I mean a place where movies are shown. Of course, this definition is rather broad, and I'd like to see it expanded. Cinema (in French "machinery de cinema") is a kind of motion picture where moving images are presented in closed-ended sequence, occasionally with sound. The word is also often employed to describe the actual films themselves, as in "seen a movie, not a screening."

In its modern usage, the term cinema includes all types of distributed media that is distributed over the Internet, in either analog or digital format. We usually think of cinema as the theatrical industry, where large-scale films (i.e., studio movies) are presented on a large screen large enough for all the audience members to look at, with the actors and actresses facing the front. If we're lucky, the cinema experience can also include a background score composed of the same musicians who did the original songs and score. The only thing missing in the cinema is the audience. But that's what makes it a cinema, at least for the majority of our society.

The cinema as an art form evolved in Italy during the late Renaissance, when Italian scholars and priests were among the first to use the new medium. Early cinema wasn't exactly theater; it was simply a way to show the stories (and lectures and demonstrations) that these people were delivering in their churches and palaces. And the visual aspect of the art wasn't just confined to projecting moving images on a flat surface. Because of this, the Italian cinema was among the first to include 3D animation, a technological advance that helped to make cinema a more expensive undertaking. It also contributed to an increase in the length of movies, and to the number of films being produced.

Italian directors like Benico and Corcellan helped to popularize the use of animated film techniques in Italian films of the time. Animated films (also known as nitrate films) give filmmakers a chance to tell more engaging stories, given the heightened attention of a large number of viewers would be giving to the movie at home. This marked the beginning of Italian cinema as the style of storytelling was refined, and Italian filmmakers became better known for the quality of their work. A new term was coined: the "neoclassicism" of Italian cinema. This movement paved the way for the further evolution of Italian films in the coming century.

As the art form grew in popularity throughout Europe, Italian filmmakers began to experiment with different types of entertainment, but their major claim to fame was still in the process of making feature length movies, and this is where the real story and characters of the cinema would be told. Cinema, for many years, was still thought of as a strictly male preserve; only men could be filmmakers. Over the last few decades, however, the gender ratio in the cinema has changed dramatically. Women have been as enthusiastic about cinema as men. Today, it is rare to find a woman in the audience, and many female viewers are even attending movies for the first time.

With the advent of the three dimensional technologies, Italian cinema found a way to tell its stories outside of the large rectangular screens that were once characteristic of this medium. Special effects such as those used in Spiderman have become an integral part of the story telling style of Italian films. When moving image is necessary, filmmakers choose to make use of surround sound systems, which help to enhance the impact of sound. This method not only makes the movie theater experience more dynamic but also allows audiences to feel as though they are taking part in the action. It is the boldness of Italian cinema that made the transition from the big screen to the big screen and made audiences who never thought they could enjoy the finer aspects of cinema feel like they are part of the action.