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First camera/ photo tooken.
Joseph Draper took the first photo. But it took 8 hours of sunlight exposure for the picture to show. Which means over time it dulls back. -
Kinetograph was Invented
William Dickson, commissioned by Thomas Edison, builds the first motion picture camera and names it the Kinetograph. It had rapid intermittention or stop and go. It was about $600. -
Trying to Make Movie Macheines
Thomas A. Edison decided to design machines for making and showing moving pictures. With his assistant W.K.L Dickson (who did most of the work), Edison began experimenting with adapting the phonograph and tried in vain to make rows of tiny photographs on similar cylinders. Which later made the Kinetograph -
Dbute in London
In October of 1894, Edison's Kinetoscope made its debut in London. The parlour did remarkably well and its owner approached R.W Paul to make some extra machines for it. Incredibly, Edison hadn't patented his kinetoscope outside of the US, so Paul was free to sell copies to anyone but because Edison would only supply films to exhibitors who leased his machines, Paul had to invent his own camera to make films to go with his. -
First Studio
Edisons group made the first motion picture studio. It was nicknamed, Black Miara slang for police van. The first studio opened at 1155 Broadway in New York City. -
Mutoscope
Similar to the kinetoscope arrived in the Autumn of 1894. The Mutoscope, by Herman Casler, and worked using a flip card device to provide the motion picture. Needing a camera he turned to his friend W.K.L Dickson which was unhappy at the Edison Company cooperates and with several others they form the American Mutoscope Company. -
First Screening
Auguste and Louis Lumière played the first screening in France. They created a Cinématograph which was a combination of a camera and projector. The video was a train coming towards the crowd which caused a big stampeed. -
Succes in makings a different camera not by Edison
The Lathams too had succeeded in creating a camera and a projector and on April 21st 1895 they showed one film to reporters. In May they opened a small storefront theatre. Their projector received only a small amount of attention as the image projected was very dim. -
Famous Film
One of the most famous film screenings in history took place on December 28th, 1895. The venue was the Grand Cafe in Paris and customers paid one Franc for a twenty-five minute programme of ten Lumière films. These included Feeding the Baby, The Waterer Watered and A View of the Sea. -
Recongization of Camera Angles
George Smith makes Mary Janes Mishap which was praised for its sophisticated use of editing. The film uses medium close-ups to draw the viewers attention to the scene, juxtaposed with wide establishing shots. The film also contains a pair of wipes which signal a scene change. -
First Theater in Pitts.
About 450 people attend the opening day of the world’s first nickelodeon, located in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. The storefront theater boasted 96 seats and charged each patron five cents. Most films played were less tahn a minute. -
The Great Train Robbery
Edwin Porter tells his crew to start on the movie. It was a 12 minute screening which is why it was a epic back then. Also first Western.
