Film History

  • Leland Strandford

    Leland Strandford
    Leland standford makes a bet that a horse takes all four feat of the ground when they run. So he hired a camera guy who set up 12 cameras rigedd so that when the horse ran it would set off cameras so it would take pictures.
  • Zoopraxiscope

    Zoopraxiscope
    Was the first projector to show images on screen
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    Film History

  • Phenakistis Scope

    Phenakistis Scope
    Phenakistis scope was a wheel the had slits in which you would look through when it spun making an image appear to spin.
  • Zoetrope

    Zoetrope
    The Zoetrope was the same concept as a phenakistis just a circular drum looking thing.
  • The Lumier Brothers

    The Lumier Brothers
    Screened the first film in a basement in the Grand Cafe in Paris
  • George Eastman

    George Eastman
    Creats the first celluloid film and handheld camera
  • WKL Dickson

    WKL Dickson
    Put four holes for every frame so that it can be put on gears.
  • Thomas Edison

    Thomas Edison
    Mkaes the first phonograph and kinetoscope
  • Black Maria

    Black Maria
    Was the first film studio made by Edison and Dickinson it was made of black tarpaper shed and had a open shed. It alsocould be turned to anywhere so it could get light.
  • Otto's sneeze

    Otto's sneeze
    Was the first copyroghted film
  • First Kinetiscope

    First Kinetiscope
    The first kinetiscope is made public
  • Novelty Period

    Novelty Period
    Was a period of time wer peopel were new to the idea of film and were excited about seeing moving images and new sights
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    The Novelty Period

    Was a period of time where films were origional ideas and no onme copied of ech other and being able to see new places they havent been.
  • cinematograph

    cinematograph
    Was a projector, camera, and printer.
  • 16 fps

    16 fps
    The Lumier Brothers decided to shoot all their films in 16 fps and that became the standard for five years.
  • Workers leaving the Factory

    Workers leaving the Factory
    Was the fisrt film that was made using 16fps made by the Lumiere brothers showing workers leaving the factory
  • Early years of film

    Early years of film
    The early years of film consisted of scenics, topicals, and fiction films were starting to show up.
  • A Trip to the Moon

    A Trip to the Moon
    Was a Film mad by a magician George Melies, a magician that used stop motin, special effects and made the first Sci-Fi movie
  • Edwin S Porter/The Great Train Robbery

    Edwin S Porter/The Great Train Robbery
    Edwins S. Porter mad a film called The great Train Robbery which consisted of a storyline and a bucnh of scenes and had a lot of different shots includingha robber shooting at the camera
  • Film as a Buisness

    Film as a Buisness
    Film became a buisness in 1905 and films grew longer with more complex shots and stories being shown in permeant theaters. and five cent movie started popping up and every one was wanting to go.
  • Copyright

    Copyright
    Exhibitors had to rent films and return the so no one could pirate them.
  • Demand

    Demand
    The demand for story films had increased dramatically and demand could not be met
  • Nickelodeons

    Nickelodeons
    Nickelodeons were every where growing very popular and open to mass audiences
  • Divison of Labor

    Divison of Labor
    Film was devided in 1910 into diffrent division so every one had a job it wasnt just one person doing it
  • Ethyl Berimore

    Ethyl Berimore
    Films did not have any credits and nonone was credieted so Ethyl Berimore made it to were every one was ceredited