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Explore the changing landscape of popular film genres over the past 80 years, from classic genres to modern trends like CGI and explosion-packed blockbusters. Uncover the evolution of movie-making technology and its impact on cinematic storytelling.
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'Trends' of popular film genres over the last 80 years Ivan and Rufina
Popularity of common genres over the past 80 years • The popularity of different film genres over the past 80 years is illustrated in this graph.
The ‘Explosion’ trend change • As we see, over the past 30 years, the percentage of things exploding in Blockbuster movies has drastically increased.
The usage of CGI and green screen in films • CGI and the usage of green screen is now really popular in films and nowadays you probably wouldn’t see a film, in which CGI isn’t used, whereas years ago, it wasn’t used as much, as the technology available to people now, wasn’t as good as it is nowadays.
Timeline of new trends • Movie camera – late 1800s • Synchronous sound – 1920s • Colour – 1939 (or 1917) • Green screen – 1940 • Lightweight/portable equipment – 1950s-1960s • Camera rigs: the dolly (1907) and steadicam (1976) • Digital single-lens reflex cameras (DSLR) – 1969 (HD video in 2009) • Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI) – 1973 • The internet – 1990s • http://memeburn.com/2013/02/9-tech-innovations-that-changed-the-film-industry-through-the-ages/