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Movies, From Silent Films, To Silent Theaters “In no other business is a single example of product fully created at an investment of millions of dollars with no real assurance the public will buy it. . . . In the truest sense, it’s an industry based on imagination” (Squire 3) It would be easy to assume that the movie industry is one of the largest businesses in the world, mainly because of the publicity that the celebrities bring to the movie by being in it. Surprisingly, the movie industry accounts for a smaller amount of media income, than any other type of media. Movies mirror the type of society they are made for. Some offer a political message, and others reflect the changing views of society. Like other industries, movies have changed with technology. In the past movies were the leading types of visual entertainment before television was created. Movies were created at a time when the industry welcomed something new and saw it as a gadget, and it was widely sought after as a new way of entertainment with new entertainment came new technology. The newest technology were “the motion picture camera, and projector” There was no direct creator to movies or cameras but six people had significant parts in it.