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The Phenakistiscope
In 1829, a man by the name of Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau had an idea of an animation device that makes illusions of moving images, but it was only thought of at the time. It was planned in 1849, and was then invented in 1841. -
The Kinetoscope
Invented by Eadweard Muybridge and Thomas Edison in 1889, the kinetoscope was an animation device where you could view films. But the disadvantage was that the films could only be viewed by one person at a time. It wasn't so much as a movie prjector, but it was more a standard cinematic projection. -
The Cinmatographe
In 1894, Louis Lemiere and his brother Augeste Lemiere, created a portable, motion picture camera. Better than the kinetoscope, the device had improved images and illumination. The device then became famous worldwide. -
Workers Leaving The Lumiere Factory
In 1895, the Lumiere brothers created their first film, 'Workers LEaving The Lumiere Factory'. It was also viewed in Paris' first movie theatre on December 28. The 46 second film consists of basically workers leaving the Lumiere Factory. -
A Trip to the Moon
A film made by George Melies in 1902. This was the first film to ever have a use of narration and special effects. It was a mind blowing exprience back then. -
The Great Train Robbery
Filmed by Edwin S. Porter, The Great Train Robbery was a film featuring a train racing towards the camera. This film caused many injuries to the audience. Since the audience havn't seen anything like that before, they actually thought the train was coming at them. -
Mary Pickford
Mary Pickford created the 'Mary Pickford Film Corporation' in Hollywood. Creating it, she then became the first ever movie star to own a film company. She was then known as 'America's Sweetheart'. -
The Lights of New York
The Lights of New York was a crime drama film released by The Warner Bros. It was the first all-talking feature film. The production of the film was $23,000, and the gross was over $1,000,000. -
The Lights of New York
The Lights of New York was a crime drama film released by The Warner Bros. It was the first all-talking feature film. The production of the film was $23,000, and the gross was over $1,000,000. -
The Academy Awards
In 1929, the first ever Academy Awards was held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The awards were created by Louis B. Mayer, and hosted by Douglas Fairebanks. Many movies were awarded such as, "Seventh Heaven" and "Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans". -
Telivison
In the mid 1930's, telivision was invented. A small screen where you could view films. Even though this was a good thing, this declared war over film production. -
Color Films
In 1950, Holly converts to color film. This gave many new ideas of movies and drive-in becomes a popular place ot view movies. This all resulted in increasing production. -
3D Movies
In 1952, Hollywood starts producing 3D films to compete with telivision. This introduced many Cinerama processes such as 'Limelight' and 'High Noon'. The movies were the first ever 3D movies to be released in America.
