TheContemporaryWesternFilmsItissaid,theworldfilmhistoryistheHollywood’sconquestoftheworldfilmmarketsorthehistoryofresistingagainstHollywood.TheBirthandDevelopmentofFilmThomasEdisonEdisonandMechanicianDickson,punchingonthebothsidesofthefilmfortraction,solvethetechnicalproblemofmechanicaltransmission.Thislaysthefoundationforthebirthoffilm.AndEdisongavethenewborntechnologyacharming,poeticandfantasyname——movie。AugusteLumiereLouisLumiereDec281895,LumiereBrothersthefirsttimeshowedthefilmFactoryGate,WateredGardenerandTrainArrivesatStationtothepublicbytickets,inabasementofthecoffeehouse,CapucinceAvenue14,Pairs.Thismarksthebirthoffilm,alsothebirthofthecinema。GeorgesMelies1861-1938LumieresandMeliesrepresenttwofilmtendenciesandstylesLumieresconsideredfilmasascientifictreasure.Filmistorecordreallifeandtheywerecalledpioneerofdocumentaryandfounderofrealisticfilm.Meliesthinkthescreenisthestage.Thescreendramaheshotistoreflectlife.Meliesisthepioneeroffeaturefilmandthefounderofromanticfilm.In1927,thefirstsoundfilmTheJazzSingercameontoscreeninAmericabutthefirsttruesoundfilmisLightsofNewYorkin1929.In1935,thefirstcolourfilmBeckySharpscreenedinAmerica.In1906,thefirstfeaturefilmNedKellywasshotinAustralia.WhenJazzSingerscreened,filmwasacknowledgedastheworld7thart.The“BloomingPeriodofSilentFilms”TheEarly20thCenturyInthesilenttime,themostfamousfilmmakersareGriffithandChaplinwithsomegreatworkslikeTheBirthofANationandModernTimes.D.W.Griffith1875-1948CharlieChaplin1889-1977Chaplinisaworld-famouscomedian.withrichlifeexperience,profoundsocialinsight,ingenuityofidea,andhiscontagiouspantomime,hecreatedhighestachievementsofsilentfilmformankind.TheFirstGoldenPeriodofHollywood1930sto1950sFilmsAfter1970sAfter70s,worldfilmgotgreaterdevelopment,filmtypesandstyleswerebecomingincreasinglydiverseNowadaysFilmsWithmoreandmoretechniquesapplied,digitaltechnique,virtualtechnique,3Dtechniqueandsoon,filmshavebecomemorefantastic.我们对好莱坞有点误解,我们老觉得好莱坞像跟艺术有点关系,那个地方跟艺术没有什么关系。它毫不隐瞒地告诉你它是一个工厂,在生产各种产品,它的最终的归结是商业的结算。——中国导演陈凯歌Thankyou