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Creation of the camera
The camera was partially invented in 1816 by Nicéphore Niépce. He used a very small camera of his own making a piece of paper coated in silver chloride, which darkened where it was exposed to light. -
Horse in motion
Eadweard Muybridge and his friends made a bet that all 4 of the horses legs are off the ground when galloping. The bet was 25000 to prove who was right and who was wrong. -
Paper film invented
Paper film was invented in that year. Paper film would then soon to develop into something greater in the film industry -
Kodak was born
Kodak is a camera manufacturer that had produced cameras for the public and for directors to use. Kodak later became one of the leading brands of cameras -
Celluloid was developed
Celluloid is a better form of film that was more commonly used. Celluloid provided a clearer picture for viewers to see in movies -
Peephole Kinetoscope Invented
The Peephole Kinetoscope was invented in 1891. They were sold to parlors for people to watch, but only one person could watch them at a time. -
Film Projector Invented
The Lumiere Brothers, who were French, did what Edison would not do, they created a projector that was big enough to show to an entire audience -
The First Movie
First movie made was a narrative produced in 1903 made by Edwin Porter. Porter made The Great Train Robbery which was 12 minutes long -
nickelodeon
Nickelodeons were small movies shown inbetween sets of a play to make them more popular. They were shown more frequently the more popular they got -
Talkies/The Jazz Singer
Movies started introducing sound around this time, which lead to the creation of Talkies. One of the first talkies was The Jazz Singer, which featured dialogue from the actors themselves -
Color in film
Some films were experimenting in color back in 1912, but it wasn't until late 1930's where they used color normally. After experimenting, producers started to use color in all their movies -
The Wizard of OZ
The Wizard and Oz was one of the first movies to use color back then. Then Gone with the Wind used color in that film too, which caused a chain reaction to have everyone use color in their films -
Film to Digital
In the 2000's the transition to digital had begun, and by 2010, digital was being normal used to produce movies. Digital was more advanced, and could provide a clearer picture aside from film, which was expensive and only used for retro purposes
