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| Cinemagician | Georges Melies' nickname |
| Georges Melies | I accidentaly discovered stop trick (stop motion) in 1896 |
| Le Voyage Dans La Lune | first real science fiction film in 1902 |
| The Life of an American Fireman | first realistic documentary film |
| The Life of an American Fireman | this film was known for cross-cutting and parallel editing |
| Le Voyage Dans Dans La Lune | this film was noted for its length (14minutes) and use of 30 scenes |
| The Great Train Robbery | the first western |
| Parallel Editing | filming out of sequence and later editing into their proper order |
| The Great Train Robbery | this film was known for multiple camera positions, parallel editing, and its final scene |
| Father of Film Technique | D. W. Griffith |
| In Old California | the first film produced and directed in Hollywood by D. W. Griffith |
| The Birth of a Nation | this film was the longest film to date when it was released in 1915 and the biggest box office moneymaker |
| The Birth of a Nation | the first film ever shown in the White House to Woodrow Wilson |
| D. W. Griffith | known for changing camera positions, close-ups, varying pace, lighting, split screens, and use of "iris effect" |
| The Birth of a Nation | first film to have an original music score |
| Birth of a Nation | first film to use elaborate title cards and subtitles |
| Thomas Tally's Electric Theater | the first permanent movie house built in 1902 |
| Thomas Tally's Electric Theater | first theater to show a color film in L.A. in 1912 |
| Kinemacolor | first successful color motion picture process |
| A Visit to the Seaside | first film using Kinemacolor in 1908 directed by George Albert Smith |
| Little Lord Fauntleroy | one of the first feature films produced in color in 1914 |
