Cinematographe

Birth of cinema

  • The earliest picture

    The earliest picture
    The first scenario was made in 1826 by the inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. he used a primitive camera to produce the oldest surviving photograph of a real world scene.
  • 1st motion picture

    1st motion picture
    Eadweard Muybridge created the 1st motion picture on a farm in California, in 1878.
  • 1st celluloid film

    1st celluloid film
    In 1888 Le Prince was presented with a double American patent a single lens device that combined a cinematographic camera with a projector.
  • Invention of the kinetoscope and vitascope

    Invention of the kinetoscope and vitascope
    The Kinetoscope is an instrument of internal projection of films invented by William Dickson, in 1891. It had an individual viewer through which one could watch through a small strip of film in Looping, in which moving images of comic numbers, trained animals appeared. or ballerinas. Later, Thomas Edison, with the profits of the kinetoscope launched the Vitascope on April 23, 1896, was a projector with characteristics identical to those of William Paul, that is, the teatograph.
  • The earliest film makers

    The earliest film makers
    Lumiere Brothers are the first film makers. In 1895 they invented cinematographe. This device made it possible to record a series of fixed snapshots, in (frames), creating the illusion of movement that occurs for a certain time in front of a photographic lens and then reproducing that movement, projecting the animated images onto a screen, or even on a wall.
  • The first film to the public

    The first film to the public
    The first film prodused to the public was "EXITING THE FACTORY", in 1895, by Lumiere brothers. It is a short film with a duration of about 45 seconds.
  • The earliest comedy

    The earliest comedy
    The first comedy that existed was " The sprinkler sprinkled".It was a black and white film from 1895 directed by Louis Lumière and starring François Clerc and Benoît Duval. It was only 49 seconds long, which was the first time that a film was used to portray a fictional story.
  • 1st horror movie

    1st horror movie
    The first horror movie was produced in 1896 "Le Manoir du diable" by George Melies, later known as "cinema magician".
  • The first kiss in cinema

    The first kiss in cinema
    The first kiss ever in cinema history was in april 1896 at the Tomas Edison Studios. John Rice gives Mary Irwin a big kiss.
  • 1st science fiction movie

    1st science fiction movie
    The first science fiction movie was produced in 1902, was called " A trip to the Moon". Was of the most important movie in cinema history. This film was made by George Melies.
  • George Melies

    George Melies
    Melies, was a great innovator in the use of special effects, popularized techniques such as stop-motion and was one of the first filmmakers to use multiple exposures, the fast camera, image dissolution and color film. He was also a pioneer in the use of storyboards. Thanks to his ability to manipulate and transform reality through cinematography, George Melies is remembered as a "cinema magician".
  • The earliest pornographic movie

    The earliest pornographic movie
    The first pornografhic movie was make in France in 1908, was called " L`Ecu d`Or ou la bonne auberge", had a duration of 4 minutes and 3 seconds, however it is not known where and by whom it was interpreted.