History of Film

By koleeee

  • Birth of film

    1867
    William Lincoln invented the first machine patented in the United States that showed animated pictures or movies device called the "wheel of life" or "zoopraxiscope".

  • The birth of cinemas

    "17th century
    1877
    1893-1901"
    "Magic lantern
    praxinoscope invented
    americas first movie studio ""Black Maria"""

  • Invention of first movie camera

    Thomas Edison invented the movie camera in 1891

  • The birth of special effects

    The first special effect in 1895 was use by Thomas Edison. The first time for a major amout of special effects was in "A Space Odyssey" made in 1968.

  • The first projector

    Louis Lumiere invented the first motion picture camera

  • Sound movies

    D-Train- 1900
    The first film with sound was introduced.

  • Color movies

    D-Train the first color flim was introduced in 1905.

  • The birth of animation

    (1857-1938) France, makes his first film, "FANTASMAGORIE." This film is considered by many to be the first animated film.

  • The birth of videotape

    Charles P. Ginsburg invented the videotape. The first VCR was sold by Sony in 1971.

  • Computer generated animation

    Bell Telephone Laboratories-1960s