Fun Movie Facts for Kids

Here are twelve fun facts to share on your next movie night.

1. Movies are fast slideshows. A film is a series of still pictures shown quickly. Traditionally, cinema films show 24 pictures every second.
2. Your brain fills in the gaps. Fast-changing images blend together so they seem to move.
3. Early movies had no recorded dialogue. Title cards told the story, and live musicians played in the cinema.
4. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) was the first full-length cel-animated feature film.
5. Toy Story (1995) was the first feature film made entirely with computer animation.
6. Animation needs thousands of drawings. A hand-drawn feature film needs a huge number of individual pictures.
7. Clapperboards help editors. The clap helps match the sound to the picture.
8. Movies are rarely filmed in order. Scenes at the same location are often shot together, even if they appear at different points in the story.
9. Foley artists make sound effects using everyday objects.
10. Green screens let actors appear in places that don’t exist.
11. Credits are long because many people work on films. Big productions can involve hundreds or even thousands of people.
12. The first Academy Awards ceremony took place in 1929. The Oscars have honored films ever since.

Quiz Time

Pick your three favorite facts and see whether family members can guess which are true and which you made up.