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The beginning...
First camera was partially successfully built in 1816.
Paper film was developed in 1885 -
The Lumiere Brothers
The Lumiere Brothers - from France - did what Edison would not do
In 1895 created a projector that would show motion pictures on a screen to an audience.
Cinematographe
They were really really really short -
Who was behind it all?
Thomas Edison
Edison’s company has devised the peephole kinetoscope and was making some money off selling them to parlors
Why not find a way to project it for more people to see? -
Early Days
By 1910 Nickelodeons were averaging around 26 million viewers a week
The potential was there for making money
Best way to ensure the most profits? Create a monopoly
Who created the monopoly over motion pictures? -
The Blockbuster Era
Thanks to the success of JAWS (1975) blockbuster film era began
Big tentpole films began showing in the summer to box office success
Other box office hits… Star Wars, Alien, etc.
In the 80s/90s computer generated images (CGI) began to incorporated into films -
How it started
Film is an illusion
Frame rate?
Devices were invented to watch “moving pictures”
Downside - only one person per device. -
The Bet...
Eadweard Muybridge and his friends made a bet…
A horse galloping could have all four feet off the ground at the same point in time
$25000 to prove who was right and who was wrong
How could they prove this?