How Films Have Developed

By Maisie Lee

  • First Moving Image

    First Moving Image
    Photographer, and keen racehorse breeder, Eadweard Muybridge had a theory that at one point in its gallop a horse would have all four hooves off the ground at once.
    Muybridge set up 12 cameras, all linked by a wire, to take consecutive pictures as a horse went by. When he played these images on a disk he noticed that they made a 'moving picture' of the horse galloping as it would in real life.

  • Chronophotographic Gun

    Chronophotographic Gun
    Etienne-Jules Marey created a device in order to study birds in flight. It could take 12 consecutive frames per second which were then put on a spinning disk. Marey then projected these and found a result of a moving image.

  • First Title Sequence

    First Title Sequence
    Thomas Edison was the first person to put their name at the start of a film to stop copyright.

  • Kinetoscope

    Kinetoscope
    Thomas Edison patented the Kinetoscope which is a device that could show a life like representation of a person or object in motion.
    A strip of film was passed through a lens and a light bulb whilst the viewer looked through a peephole. Behind this peephole was a sinning wheel that acted like a shutter and allowed the viewer a brief look at the 'image'.

  • First Cinema

    First Cinema
    The first cinema was called the 'Nickelodeon' and was built in 1905 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • The Story of the Kelly Gang

    The Story of the Kelly Gang
    This was the first ever feature-length film and was directed by Charles Tait and shot in and around Melbourne, Australia.

  • First short films

    First short films
    The creation of short films was in the 1910's and started in the Unites States.

  • Alice's Wonderland

    Alice's Wonderland
    Alice's Wonderland is a black and white, short silent film produced in Missouri and was the first Walt Disney cartoon that was made.

  • Motion Picture Code

    Motion Picture Code
    This code was set by William Hays and was the first attempt at inducing guidelines to to film producers.
    This code had three general principals:
    1.No picture shall be produced that will lower the moral standards of those who see it.
    2.Correct standards of life, subject only to the requirements of drama and entertainment, shall be presented.
    3.Law, natural or human, shall not be ridiculed, nor shall sympathy be created for its violation.

  • The Cannes Film Festival

    The Cannes Film Festival
    Originally named the 'International Film Festival' until 2002, The Cannes Film Festival showcases new films and documentaries of all genres.

  • Marilyn Monroe

    Marilyn Monroe
    In 1962 famous Hollywood star, Marilyn Monroe dies of overdose.

  • First Digital Camera

    First Digital Camera
    This camera was created by engineer Steve Sasson at Eastman Kodak.

  • Star Wars

    Star Wars
    In 1977, Star Wars first hit cinemas and will go on to be the second highest-grossing film of all time.

  • Titanic in 3D

    Titanic in 3D
    Titanic was re-released in 3D to celebrate the 100th anniversary.