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William George Horner invented the first zoetrope, based upon Plateau's phenakistoscope. When it was turned in a circular direction, it created the illusion of motion.
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Eadweard Muybridge use 24 still pictures to simulate motion. This was done to decide whether a horses legs left the groud at the same time.
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Etienne Jules Marey in made a chronophotographic camera, shaped like a gun and called a "shotgun" camera, that could take 12 fps.
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George Eastman made the Kodak camera and registered the trademakr Kodak that we know to day. The Kodak camera was small and lightwieght as compared to other cameras at that time.
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Thomas Edison declard his work on future works and patented the Kinetoscope amd Kinetograph .
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George Eastman formed the Eastman Company
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William K.L. Dickson built his kinetograph, afterhe was hired by edison
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William K.L. Dickson made the first trial film called, Monkeyshines No 1
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Edison had William K.L. Dickson make the Kinetoscope, a peep show of Edison's films shown to the public.
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Edison built the first motion picture studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
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Edison recorded someone sneezing on a motion picture camera. It was noted as the first medium closs up.
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The first color hand - tined films were released.
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The first Kinetoscope palors were built. These consisted of a row of coin operatered Kinetoscopes
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Charles Francis Jenkins became the first person to project a filmed motion picture onto a screen for an audience using the Phantoscope
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The first special effect was reported to be a women being decapitated
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First Horror Film due to Georges Méliès' Haunted Castle
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First Film Exhibition took place
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First permanent movie theater was built in Buffalo, New York
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Georges Méliès built the first studio that used artifical illumination.
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The 35mm film guage became excepted as the international film guage.