irty-five people viewing audiences at the first showing became three hundred people, then twenty-five hundred people per day (41). In theses early films, there was a silence. Motion pictures had no dialogue, no sound effects, and no music. During this time people ate noisy snacks like nuts, they talked, sang and even shouted at the screen. This was until DeForest patented the first Audion 3-Electrode amplifier tube on January 15, 1907. This invention amplified and strengthened electrical currents including radio signals and other electro signals (50). Much like electricity, automobiles and computers, this invention changed American and International culture.
             During the late 1800s, many businesses were booming particularly in the area of motion picture making. For example, Lynn Dunn's Film Effects in Hollywood, California which was nominated for the special visual effects academy award in 1967 and was given a medal of commendation for their great work over the past decades (90). Shortly after the beginning of this major market, Weta Digital became apart of the family. Known for its Digital animation and computer graphics (Weta Digital,1), Weta Digital is an Academy Award winning visual effects studio (1). Weta offers world class visual effects for international films and commercials (1). Weta Digital is best known for its visual effects for new line cinemas, The Lord of The Rings Trilogy (1), and they have most recently completed a selection of shots on I,Robot (1). In competition with them is Pixel Magic. Their unusual freeze frame technology spans two generations of expertise in the creation of visual effects for future television (Pixel Magic,1). Pixel Magic was founded by Ray McIntyre Sr. Soon after it became one of the leading Hollywood optical effects studios in the nation (1). Pixel Magic is unique among visual effects facilities due to its combination of traditional film knowledge with digitally create...