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Introduction
The history of motion picture technology dates back to the 19th century, when inventors and scientists began experimenting with ways to capture and display moving images. starting with some early experiments from inventors like Eadweard Muybridge trying to find ways to capture and display moving images. Then, Edison and the Lumière brothers developed the first motion picture cameras and projectors, which allowed filmmakers to create and show short films. -
Phenakistiscope
The phenakistiscope is an early animation device that was popular in the mid-19th century. It was invented independently by two men, Joseph Plateau and Simon Stampfer, in 1832. The phenakistiscope consists of a circular disc with a series of pictures or drawings arranged around the edge, and a viewing window or slots cut into the disc. When the disc is spun and viewed through the slots, the images appear to be in motion. -
Eadweard Muybridge creates the first motion picture
Eadweard Muybridge was a British photographer who conducted motion studies to settle a debate about how horses gallop. He used a series of cameras triggered by trip wires to capture sequences of photographs that showed the different stages of a horse's gallop. He experimented with projecting his photographs in rapid succession, which led to the development of the Zoopraxiscope, the first motion picture device. -
Invention of the Kinetiscope
he kinetoscope was an early motion picture device invented by Thomas Edison and his team in the late 19th century. It was a peep-show style device that allowed an individual to view a short motion picture by looking through a viewing window. The kinetoscope used a series of photographs or frames printed on a continuous strip of film that was mounted on a spool, and the viewer would turn a crank to advance the film and watch the motion picture. -
August & Louis Lumierre Patent first motion picture camera the cinematograph
Considered the first practical motion picture camera and projector. It was a portable device that captured moving images and projected them onto a screen. It used a hand-crank mechanism to advance a strip of flexible film through sprocket holes then passing it through a shutter that exposed each frame to light. The exposed film was then wound onto a separate spool, ready for projection. Its ability to project moving images onto a screen for an audience, allowed for larger-scale screenings. -
Invention of the Vitascope by Thomas Army
The Vitascopewas an early motion picture projector an was considered to be one of the early precursors to modern movie projectors. It worked by passing a roll of film through a projector, where the film was exposed to light from the electric arc lamp. The intermittent mechanism, driven by a hand-crank, would advance the film one frame at a time, and then briefly hold it steady in front of the arc lamp for projection creating the illusion of continuous motion when the film was projected -
Bibliography
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“Edison and the Lumière Brothers.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., https://www.britannica.com/art/history-of-the-motion-picture/Edison-and-the-Lumiere-brothers.
“Muybridge, Eadweard.” SFMOMA, 24 Feb. 2023, https://www.sfmoma.org/artist/eadweard_muybridge/. -
Bibliography part 2
“Kinetoscope.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., https://www.britannica.com/technology/Kinetoscope.
“Cinématographe.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., https://www.britannica.com/technology/Cinematographe.