Film

the history of film

By jl187801

  • first motion picture

    first motion picture
    Eadweard Muybridge sucessfully captured motion images of a horse galloping. This was done by placing 12 cameras

  • Film in process

    Film in process
    Inventor George Eastman introduces the Kodak Camera. A year later he created the standard transparent film base.

  • First Motion Picture Camera

    First Motion Picture Camera
    Thomas Edison and W.K. Dickson develop the Kinetoscope, a device in which film is moved past a light.

  • Cinématographe

    Cinématographe
    The Lumière brothers built a Cinématographe, a lightweight, hand-held motion picture camera. They discovered that their machine could also be used to project images onto a large screen.

  • Trip to the Moon

    Trip to the Moon
    Georges Melies' 'A Trip to the Moon' is released, marking the first science fiction film and innovative use of special effects.

  • Audience Expectations

    Audience Expectations
    Audiences are scared out of their seats by the oncoming train in Lumiere brothers short film ' L'arrivee du train.

  • Give Credit

    Give Credit
    Credits begin to appear at the beginning of motion pictures.

  • First 3D Film

    First 3D Film
    First commercially 3D film is released called 'The Power of Love'. It used anaglyph glasses with opposite coloured lenses creating the 3D effect.

  • Spoken Words begin

    Spoken Words begin
    Warner Bros.’s 'The Jazz Singer', presents the movie’s first spoken words.

  • First Cartoon with synchronized sound

    First Cartoon with synchronized sound
    Disney's 'Steamboat Willie' was the first Mickey Mouse film released and the first cartoon with synchronized sound.

  • Drive-Movie Theater

    Drive-Movie Theater
    The first drive-in movie theater opens in New Jersey, USA.

  • Technicolour

    Technicolour
    One of the first films to be filmed using Technicolour was the 'Wizard of Oz' in 1939 using a three-strip film process.