The cinema did not emerge as a form of mass consumption until its technology evolved from the initial "peepshow" format to the point where images were projected on a screen in a darkened theater.

电影播放技术由最初的“西洋镜”的形式演变而来，直到其发展到一个时期；在这个时期中，影像被投影到幽暗的影院屏幕之上，电影才作为一种大众消费的形式而出现。