Feature film

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A feature film or feature-length film (often abbreviated to feature), also called a theatrical film, is a

cartoons, at least one weekly serial
and, typically, a second feature-length film on weekends.

The first narrative feature film was the 60-minute The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906, Australia).[1] Other early feature films include Les Misérables (1909, U.S.), L'Inferno, Defence of Sevastopol (1911), Oliver Twist (American version), Oliver Twist (British version), Richard III, From the Manger to the Cross, Cleopatra (1912), Quo Vadis? (1913), Cabiria (1914) and The Birth of a Nation (1915).

Description

The notion of how long a feature film should be has varied according to time and place. According to the

sound films.[citation needed
]

History

Actor playing the Australian bushranger Ned Kelly in The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906), the world's first dramatic feature-length film

The term feature film came into use to refer to the main film presented in a cinema and the one which was promoted or advertised. The term was used to distinguish the longer film from the

documentaries
. There was no sudden increase in the running times of films to the present-day definitions of feature-length; the "featured" film on a film program in the early 1910s gradually expanded from two to three to four reels. Early features had been produced in the United States and France, but were released in individual (short film) scenes. This left exhibitors the option of playing them alone, to view an incomplete combination of some films, or to run them all together as a short film series.

Early features were mostly documentary-style films of noteworthy events. Some of the earliest feature-length productions were films of boxing matches, such as

Inauguration of the Australian Commonwealth (1901) ran for 35 minutes, "six times longer than any previous Australian film",[10] and has been called "possibly the first feature-length documentary made in Australia".[11] American company S. Lubin released a Passion Play titled Lubin's Passion Play in January 1903 in 31 parts, totaling about 60 minutes.[12] The French company Pathé Frères released a different Passion Play in May 1903, The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ
, in 32 parts, totaling 44 minutes.

Defined by length, the first dramatic feature film was the

Asian feature was Japan's The Life Story of Tasuke Shiobara (1912),[17] the first Indian feature was Raja Harishchandra (1913),[18] China's first feature film was Zhang Shichuan's Nan Fu Nan Qi (1913), the first South American feature was Brazil's O Crime dos Banhados (1913),[17] and the first African feature was South Africa's De Voortrekkers (1916).[17]

By 1915, over 600 feature films were produced annually in the United States.[19] It is often incorrectly cited that The Birth of a Nation (1915) was the first American feature film.[20] The most prolific year of U.S. feature production was 1921, with 682 releases; the lowest number of releases was in 1963, with 213.[19] Between 1922 and 1970, the U.S. and Japan alternated as leaders in the quantity of feature film production. Since 1971, the country with the highest feature output has been India,[21] which produces a thousand films in more than twelve Indian languages each year.[22]

Technological developments

talkies".[24]

One of the next major advancements made in movie production was

Digital Cinema Initiative created a guide for manufacturers to create a universal standard, to make the technologies more compatible with each other and more user friendly.[27][28] Shooting movies on digital also led to new technologies for distributing films. Titan A.E., released in 2000, was the first feature film to be released for viewing over the internet.[28] Digital distribution changed the ways people received and watched media. It also gave viewers access to huge amounts of online content on demand.[29]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "93rd Academy Awards of Merit rules" (PDF). Oscars.org. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 2, 2020. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  3. ^ "Rule 2 | 79th Academy Awards Rules | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". Archived from the original on September 6, 2008. Retrieved November 24, 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures
  5. ^ "FAQ". British Film Institute. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  6. ^ "SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS ELIGIBILITY MOTION PICTURES". Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  7. ^ "SCREEN ACTORS GUILD MODIFIED LOW BUDGET AGREEMENT" (PDF). Archived from the original on December 29, 2009. Retrieved December 10, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ^ Charles Musser, The Emergence of Cinema: The American Screen to 1907, pp. 197–200.
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  10. ^ "Inauguration of the Commonwealth (1901): Education notes". Australian Screen. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
  11. ^ "Inauguration of the Commonwealth (1901)". Australian Screen. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
  12. ^ Passion Play (1903), in: The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures [online database].
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  19. ^ a b American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures [online database].
  20. ^ "'The Birth of a Nation' was the first feature and the first film shown at the White House." Movies Silently. Sept. 2015. September 2. 2017. http://moviessilently.com/2015/09/07/silent-movie-myth-the-birth-of-a-nation-was-the-first-feature-and-the-first-film-shown-at-the-white-house/
  21. ^ Patrick Robertson, Film Facts, New York: Billboard Books, 2001, p. 15.
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  23. ^ Parkinson, David (April 18, 2012). "100 Ideas That Changed Film: Sound". Credo Reference. Laurence King. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  24. ^ a b c d Parkinson, David (April 18, 2012). ""Color" 100 Ideas That Changed Film". Credo Reference. Laurence King. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  25. ^ Kroon, Richard W. (2010). ""Technicolor." A/v A to Z: An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Media, Entertainment and Other Audiovisual Terms". Credo Reference. McFarland. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
  26. ^ a b c Parkinson, David (2012). ""Digital Video." 100 Ideas That Changed Film". Credo Reference. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
  27. ^ a b Kroon, Richard W. (2014). "Digital Cinema; A/v A to Z: An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Media, Entertainment and Other Audiovisual Terms". Credo Reference. McFarland. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
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