As we sit down in our gigantic IMAX cinemas to watch the latest CGI-driven Hollywood blockbuster, it never ceases to amaze how far we’ve come since the early days of filmmaking.
In 120 years of development, it’s easy to lose sight of quite how the form has matured, and of course, whittling down the list of watershed innovations to a mere 10 is no easy feat. Nevertheless, watching films today compared to the very early film tests of, for example, people sneezing, it’s staggering what a combination of artistic and technical ambition has allowed the creation of.