history of film

By dillonbeaz

  • Phenakastiscope was invented

    Phenakastiscope was invented
    When viewed in a mirror with the first slot the second slot would appear to move and make it look like a moving image. It was a very succesful toy until William Horner invented the zoetrope

  • Zoetrope was invented

    Zoetrope was invented
    zoetrope videoIn 1834 William Horner invented an intelligent toy. You would look through the outside drum part and watch the motion and it would appear as a moving image.

  • first color camera

    james maxwell created the first color camera in 1861

  • Leland Stanfords bet

    Leland Stanfords bet
    Leland Stanford made a bet with some wealthy friends that when a horse is running all 4 of its legs are off the ground. They couldnt really tell by just looking at the horse so they decided to get Eadward Muybridge to come and take a series of pictures of the horse. They bsoon looked over the photos and realized that the 4 legs left the ground. His friends had to pay up $25,000 to Leland.

  • Zoopraxiscope

    Zoopraxiscope
    Eadward muybridge created the first zoopraxiscope. This invention created motion for 20 seconds. People might of referred to this as a early time projector

  • George Eastman was introduced the first hand held camera

    George Eastman was introduced the first hand held camera
    In 1888 Eastman launched the first handheld camera. He was the creator of Kodak also. William walker was the one who actually made the first hand held camera.

  • The Kinetoscope

    The Kinetoscope
    This toy would show moving images when you looked inside it. This toy was made by Thomas Edison. Only one person could view the images at one time.

  • black maria

    black maria
    The black Maria was the first movie production room made by Thomas Edison. It was a big room made by tarp that showed the first film in 1994 of a guy sneezing. https://youtu.be/QuzFqGEIs_k

  • First motion picture studio

    First motion picture studio
    The first motion picture studio was called the Black Maria. It was made by Thomas Edison in 1893. It showed the first copyright film in it in 1894.

  • Fred otts sneezing

    Fred otts sneezing
    First clip made. It just showed a guy sneezing for 2 seconds.

  • First Kinetoscope Parlour opened in New York

    First Kinetoscope Parlour opened in New York
    The first kiletoscope parlour www made in 1894. People loved to come in and pay a nickel to see the creations people had made. The first parlour was made in New York

  • The lumiere brothers had the first film screening

    The lumiere brothers had the first film screening
    The first screening was in Paris at a industrial meeting where the lumiere brothers showed the film "workers leaving the lumiere factory". People thought this video clip was pretty cool even though it had no sound.

  • The Great Train Robbery

    The Great Train Robbery
    A story with 2 different lines of action happening at different times. It was the first stunt movie made in America. It was made in november 1903 and this story prooved that film could be a succecful thing.

  • first movie theator in america opened

    This movie theator has been open for a little over 100 years now. It used to be a nickleodean but now prices have gone up at the theator. some say now this movie theator is haunted.

  • A trip to The Moon

    A trip to The Moon
    This movie was directed by George's Melles. This was the movie that made people realize that film could be succesful. This movie was about a group of astronomers that went on an exposition to the moon.