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Thaumatrope
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Birth of Photography
Animation on film was only possible because of invention of photography in 1827 by Joseph Niépce. -
Phenakistoscope
In 1832, Belgian physicist Joseph Plateau and his sons introduced the phenakistoscope ("spindle viewer"). -
Zoetrope
This device was invented in 1834 by William Horner, who originally called it a Daedalum ("wheel of the Devil -
Praxinoscope
The praxinoscope was invented in France in 1877 by Charles-Émile Reynaud -
Motion Pictures in America
America’s premier inventor, Thomas Alva Edison, developed a motion picture camera (the kinetograph) and a projector (the kinetoscope) in 1891. -
Motion Pictures in France
Auguste and Louis Lumiere were French inventors and pioneer manufacturers of photographic equipment who devised an early motion-picture camera and projector -
Birth of Narrative Films
By the turn of the century, the subject of motion pictures evolved towards narrative stories.
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Improvement of Photography
The technology behind photography improved dramatically in the last half of the 19th century. -
Eadweard J. Muybridge
Well known as a photographer in California, Muybridge was hired by former governor Leland Stanford to photograph the governor’s race horse. Stanford had a wager that all four hooves of a horse leave the ground when running.