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The Magic Lantern (17th century)
A scientist named Athanasius Kircher who came up with the idea of projecting hand drawn images by using what would be called a magic lantern. A magic lantern is a simple image projection device that uses a single light source such as a candle, and projects the hand drawn images painted on a reflecting surface through lens on a wall. -
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The Phantasmagoria
This was one of the famous magic lantern presentations and was done by Etienne Gaspar Robert and premiered in Paris. -
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The Zoopraxiscope
A man named Eadweard Muybridge began experimenting on capturing moving images. The ending results were 12 photos showing a horse's gait. With this invention he was able to quickly project these images, creating what is known as motion photography and the first movie to ever exist. -
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The First Reel of Film
Two men named George Eastman and William H. Walker developed the very first reel of film. Film was sensitized paper created with a gelatin emulsion. -
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The Replacement Film
The sensitized paper in the film was replaced by celluloid, which was a synthetic plastic material invented in the 1870's which was used in the chemical compound cellulose nitrate -
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The 5 cent Movie Theatre
An inexpensive way to view movies was created. -
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Slowly but Surely
The 5-cent movie theatre helped movies make the transition by ultimately increasing the appeal of film and helped bring in a larger profit. It was also the beginning of the studio and the birth of the "star". -
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Creative Directors
Directors were receiving more and more recognition because they were using their own personal stylistic signatures on their products. They broke out of the usual norm and began making movies with their own style. This is also another reason for why so many movies were being produced. -
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Documeteries
This time was a revival of documentaries and other non fiction films. It was also the time of political up heal that was just asking to be recorded. With World War 2 on the rise, film makers were given plenty of opportunities to make documentaries. -
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The Peak
Film production rebounded and found it's profitable peak of efficiency due to the decrease of technical challenges and advancements in technology. -
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Dedicated to Rock n' Roll
The 50s decade introduced rock n' roll to film with movies such as Rock Around the Clock which featured famous disc jockey Alan Freed and other musical performers such as Bill Haley and The Platters. This film made in 1956 was the first movie ever to be entirely dedicated to rock n' roll. -
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The First Academy Awards
The first Academy Awards were televised by NBC, and the broadcast received the largest single audience in network's TV five -year history.