how has the industry changed?

Over all the years the film industry has existed, there have been many changes. The industry has thought to have started in the late 1800's when the first motion picture camera was invented. The earliest surviving film known is "Roundhay Garden Scene" by Louis Le Prince released on October 4th 1888. This film lasts for 2 seconds and consists of 24 frames.

Considering this film, the film industry has changed fundamentally, with films lasting for longer than 2 seconds. Such as the latest adaption of Les Misérables  (2012) which lasted near to 3 hours. However, this is not the longest, the longest is "The cure for insomnia" - 1987. This film lasted for 5220 minutes.

Another difference and big change is the use of CGI. The first ever full length film to use the effects of CGI was the first Star Wars film: A New Hope. Understandably, the use of CGI looks more authentic this decade due to the advances in CGI technology. As mentioned by Sabrina in this interview:

 There is also in a change in the use of women and women being represented in a sexual manner within plot lines. Such as dating back to war time films such as "the railway children" to females as a just a "good looking object" for super hero's. Film had come far from this representation with films where women take lead roles where the character is not vulnerable, for example Lara Croft. The use of sexual imagery is mentioned by Rida below.



 Along side all this change, there has also been a change in the plot lines of many films. The majority of films in this modern day have story lines which are complex within their own right but have the plot portrayed clearly, this does not leave much for the audience to interpret. However, there are a few shares of films which have kept the idea of leaving the audience to take what they want from the film such as "Black Swan" and "Sucker Punch". The main changes within plot lines are mentioned below by Iman: