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Peter Roget
Peter Roget presented his paper 'The persistence of vision with regard to moving objects' to the British Royal Society.(BRS) -
Dr. Joseph Antoine Plateau and Dr. Simon Rittrer construct a machine called a Phenakitstoscope
Dr. Joseph Antoine Plateau (a Belgian scientist) and Dr. Simon Rittrer constructed a machine called a phenakitstoscope. This machine produced an illusion of movement by allowing a viewer to gaze at a rotating disk containing small windows; behind the windows was another disk containing a sequence of images. When the disks were rotated at the correct speed, the synchronization of the windows with the images created an animated effect. -
H.W. Goodwin invents nitrate celluloid film
• H.W. Goodwin invents nitrate celluloid film, which is a chemical combination of gun cotton and gum camphor. -
Emile Reynaud
• Emil Reynaud (1844-1918) ,France, opened his Theatre Optique in Paris with an archetype of animation created by his invention the Praxinoscope. The Praxinoscope was a theatrical Zoetrope with mirrors placed on an inside column that reflected out the sequential drawings that were on the inside of the drum. He was able to project 80 frames without changing reels and could project 10 to 15 minute "films". But the advent of film drove him out of business and in 1910 he threw all his equipment into -
Lois Lumiere Invents the Cinematogragh
• Lois Lumiere invents the cinematograph, a combination camera/projector/printer, it was the first machine to show movies successfully on a screen. This system used a claw movement and perforated film that was synced to an intermittent shutter movement. • Thomas Edison copyrights the first motion picture, "THE RECORD OF A SNEEZE." • Thomas Edison opens his Kinetoscope Parlor in New York, • Thomas Edison invents the Kinetsocope. -
J. Stuart Backton made the first animated film which he called "Humorous Phases of Funny Faces"
J. Stuart Blackton made the first animated film which he called "Humorous phases of funny faces." His method was to draw comical faces on a blackboard and film them. He would stop the film, erase one face to draw another, and then film the newly drawn face. The Ôstop-motionÕ provided a starting effect as the facial expressions changed be fore the viewerÕs eyes.
