History of Film and Video

By lindsey.pearson

  • The birth of film

    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

    Magic lantern
    praxinoscope invented
    americas first movie studio "Black Maria"

  • Invention of the first movie camera

    Thomas Edison inventing the first camera to ever record video 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

    The first film with sound was introduced.

  • Color movies

    the first film was introduced

  • Invention of kinescope process

  • The birth of videotape

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

  • Computer generated animation

    First computers animations