the first film the lumiere brother created was the film La Sortie des ouvriers de l’usine Lumière (1895; “Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory”), which is considered the first motion picture.

a ‘Phantom ride’ was when Cameramen would strap themselves and/or their cameras to the buffer of a speeding train. From this position, the film would appear to be moving thanks to an invisible force

what was ground-breaking about ‘the sick kitten’ was it showed the innovation of the close up to show more detail for the shot and ‘life of an American fireman’ was the first to piece together shots (continuity editing) so the watcher can follow along the story and see different sides

the first film star was florence lawrence because of how good her publicist was and her faked death.