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Louis Le Prince
He is a French artist and credited by some as "Father of Cinematography." Louis Le Prince was the inventor of an early motion picture camera and possibly being the first person to shoot a moving picture using a single lens camera and a strip of paper. Although, his work did not influence the commercial development because of the secrecy of his project. -
Cinematograph
The cinematograph was patented in 1995. It was created by the Louis Lumiere and his brother Auguste. It was superior to Thomas Edison's kinetograph. -
Kinemacolor
Invented by George Albert Smith, the kinemacolor was the first successful color motion picture process. It was used commercially from 1908 to 1914. The process used by the kinemacolor is called a two-color additive color. -
Technicolor
The technicolor was the second major color process after the kinemacolor. It was used in Hollywood from 1922 to 1952. It was known by and celebrated for its highly saturated colors that were used for many films such as Gone with the Wind (1939). -
16 mm Film
The 16 mm film was a historically popular and economical gauge of film. Mainly used for non-theatrical film-making or low-budget motion pictures it was a good choice for the price.It was also used for amateur of home movie-making. -
8 mm Film
The are two versions of the 8 mm film, the standard 8mm film and super 8. They are both 8 mm wide, but the super 8 has a larger image. The super 8 also has two version, single 8 mm and straight-8. -
Citizen Kane
Released in 1941 Citizen Kane is a mystery drama film by Orson Welles. He was the producer, co-screenwriter, director and star. It is considered by many critics as one of the greatest films. -
CinemaScope
The CinemaScope is an anamorphic lens series used for shooting widescreen movies. It was used from 1953 to 1967 and created by Spyrose P. Skouras. The lens theoretically had an aspect ratio of 2.66:1, almost twice the size of the previously used lens Academy Format's 1.37:1 ratio. -
IMAX
In 1970 the first IMAX films were released. IMAX is a system of high-resolution cameras. Graeme Ferguson, Roman Kroitor, Robert Kerr, and William C. Shaw developed the first IMAX cinema projection standards in the late 1960s and early 1970s in Canada. -
THX
THX was developed by THX Ltd. founded in 1983 by George Lucas. THX was developed to ensure that the soundtrack for the third Star Wars film would be accurately reproduced in the best venues. THX is mainly a quality assurance system and not a recording technology. -
DVD
In 1995 the first DVDs were released. Invented and developed in 1995 the DVD was used to store an kind of digital data. It was used for software and other computer files, but it could also be used to watch films using a DVD player. -
Digital Cinema
In 2000 the first digital cinema projection was used by Philippe Binant in Europe. Digital Cinema refers to digital technology to distribute or project motion pictures as opposed to using reels of motion picture films. Film reels have to be shipped to movie theaters, but a digital movie can be sent a number of ways such as over the internet.