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Phenakistoscope was introduced
A Phenakistoscope was one of the orginal animation device that create an optical illusion of motion. -
Zoetrope was invented
A zoetrope was inveinted in England, it works by inserting a slip of paper with multiple drawings to make it move. -
Leland Stanford’s Bet
In 1872, Eadweard Muybridge made a $25,000 bet with his friends that a Horse did not run on all four hooves at a time. Muybridge placed several camera in a row to get the images that he wanted. In 1878 proved his theory to all his friends winnig the bet. -
Eadweard Muybridge invented zoopraxiscope
A zoopraxiscope ,created by Eadweard Muybridge, was one of the first movie projectors.it was a disk that had multiple images that spun to make a moving image, a video. -
George Eastman introduced the first hand-held box camera
Article about First hand held cameraThe first held hand Camera was invented by George Eastman. He created a technique for making gelatin dry plates it made the process of taking pictures a lot eaiser beacause before one had to do it by themselves each time they wanted to take a picture. -
First motion picture studio
Video about The black MariaBlack Maria was created by Thomas Eddison in 1894. It was a Tarpaper- Coverd structure and dramatic actors to perform in front of the camera. -
Fred Ott’s Sneeze was made in Edison’s “Black Maria”
Fred Ott sneazing is one of the earilest motion picture films. -
The Lumiere brothers have the world’s first public film screening
The Lumières held the first public screening at a cafe in paris. The screening consisted of 11 shortfilms that were each approximately 50 seconds long. -
Kinetoscope invented
Kinetoscope filmThe Kinetoscope was made for short video clips to be viewed by one perpson at a time through a peephole viewer window at the top of the Kinetoscope. -
A Trip to The Moon is released
A trip to the moon was one of the first sci-fi movies created when Georges Melies decided to add movie cllips to his magic act. The film is about some scientists traveling to the moon who gets capatured by Moon creatures and has to Escape. -
The Great Train Robbery is filmed
The Great Train Robbery ,directed by Edwin S. Porter, was a western film that wa the first film to use cross cutting and was shot on location. -
iroquois theater fire
article about theater fireIn 1903 nearly 2,000 people gatherd in an unfinished theater to watch a play. A spark went of and a small fire was burning the curtain. The cast and crew told everyone to remain seated as they put the fire out. A gust oif winfd came through a opened door and everything went up in flames. 600 people were killed in this tragic event. -
Nickelodeons
A theater where yhey played peoples films it cost 5 cent to and the film. -
Feature film
By 1910 feature films were almost the only films that Nickelodens played.
