1. Lumiere’s First screening -1895

2. The first purpose built cinema in the UK - 1911

3. First talking picture “The jazz singer” 9027

4. 1930’s – Use of special effects e.g. stop motion in King Kong 903 million attended the cinema

5. 1930’s – First feature length Disney animation 946 million attended the cinema

6. 1940’s Example of use of Technicolor 1,309 million attended the cinema

7. 1950’s First use of 3-D 1,181 million attended the cinema

8. 1977 – Star wars used 4 channel Dolby sound 103 million attended the cinema

9. 1980’s The rise of the home video recorder 53.8 million attended the cinema lowest year ever

10. 1985 The first multiplex cinema opens in Milton keynes 72 million attended the cinema

11. 1990 Titanic breaks new grounds use of CGI 96.4 million attended the cinema

12. 1995 Toy story the first completely digital film 116 million attended the cinema

13. 2009 – Avatar takes CGI to new levels with use of motion capture technology 173 million attended the cinema