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Chronophotography
What came before actual film was chronophotography. This was where several pictures would be printed to capture motion. Chronophotography is considered the predecessor to cinematography. -
Winning a $25,000 Bet
After a bet about a horse and if all four of its hooves leave the ground at one time, Eadweard Muybridge creates Sallie Gardner at a Gallop. Several cameras were lined up one after the other and snapped pictures one after the other, which essentially created film. This was a start to cinematography. -
The First Film
The first actual film is believed to have been created by Louis Le Prince. It was a short film with the title Roundhay Garden Scene, lasting only about 2 seconds. It captured "actors" walking in circles and laughing for about 24 frames. -
The Invention of the Kinetoscope
Thomas Edison first invented this device in 1891 to serve as entertainment. It was a box with a peephole that people could look into to see animations. It was sold all over the place and Edison made a lot on them, especially since they only allowed for one person to look in one at a time. -
The Founding of the Motion Picture Patents Company
Thomas Edison and some other companies decided, once upon a time, that they wanted to own everything related to film. They did this by creating the MPPC, which pretty much DID own everything related to film. Because others still wanted to make films, however, they would often raid studios and destroy equipment and harm or threaten staff. -
Charlie Chaplin's Debut
Charlie Chaplin was a very famous actor in his time and was recognized for both his lessons taught in his films and his comedy. Though he was an actor in silent films, he created comedy and used it to teach lessons to his audience. These lessons were typically about either good and evil or the gap between the rich and the poor. -
The First 3D Film
The Power of Love, made in 1922, was the first film to use 3D glasses. The film is now lost, but it still holds this spot. Though 3D technology seems like a relatively new thing, this movie proves otherwise. In fact, 3D technology has been experimented on for a while by now. -
The First Technicolor Film
In 1932, Walt Disney Studios created Flowers and Trees, the first audiovisual film to make use of technicolor. Technicolor was a process used to color film via monocrhome films. In addition, Flowers and Trees won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. -
The First Surround Sound Film
Another Disney production, Fantasia was the first film to use surround sound. It used a system called Fantasound in order to do this, which most theaters didn't actually have yet. Engineers actually designed Fantasound FOR Fantasia. -
The First CinemaScope Film
The first film to use a camera effect called CinemaScope was The Robe, released by 20th Century Fox in 1953. CinemaScope is a camera process that uses a special lens in order to capture a wide image, compress it into the size of a regular frame, and then return it to normal size when it's being projected. This created a very wide image with a ratio of about 2.5:1. -
The First Hollywood Film to Use 2D CGI
Westworld was written and directed by Michael Crichton and made use of 2D CGI. The effect is used for about 2 minutes total and eventually led to what's commonly referred to as pixelization. It was essentially the start of using pixels in cinema in general. -
The First 4D Film
Rock and Rule, directed by Clive Smith, was released in 1983 and regarded as the first 4D film. A 4D film is one that uses the 3D feature of normal movies in combination of effects in the physical theater. It uses elements such as spraying water, shaking seats, etc.
