18 photos that show how drastically making movies has changed over the last century

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If you were to watch 1939's "The Wizard of Oz", then, immediately after, watch the new movie "Captain America: Civil War", you would clearly see some tremendous differences. 

Technology within the film industry has advanced greatly over the last century, allowing movies to tell greater, more realistic stories than ever before. The cinema has evolved from black-and-white silent films edited by physically cutting film strips to 3D digital content spliced together on computers. The digital age has allowed for better quality, color, sound, and even computer-generated imagery (CGI). 

We've found 18 photos that show just how much filmmaking has changed over the past century.

The first successful full-length feature film was "The Birth of a Nation", directed in 1915 by David Wark Griffith, also known as the "inventor of Hollywood". The movie cost $100,000, which was a very large amount at the time.

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The budgets for today's movies usually range from $100 million to $400 million. The most expensive movie ever made was "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End". It cost $341 million and came out in 2007.

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Film cameras such as the Super Parvo and the Mitchell Standard used to be the go-to for movie production. These film cameras needed to be reloaded frequently when the film would run out. Film is very delicate, so even the smallest scratch could ruin an entire scene.