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Arab scholar Ibn al-Haytham wrote this seven volume series on optics, as the name implies. He scientifically presented his theory that vision takes place through light entering the eye. He is considered the father of modern optics.
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louis daguerre invents the degeuroscope, and takes the worlds first pictures with it.
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French inventor Edouard-Leon Scott De Martinville uses his invention, the phonautograph, to record his own voice. This is the first time the human voice is ever recorded, and is a major milestone on the way to achieving movies with audio.
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Eadweard muybridge takes 12 successive shots of a horse and compiles them together, showing proff that a horse lifts all 4 feet off the ground when it runs.
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Zoopraxiscope-1879 creates by Muybridge, considered the 1st movie projector. Images on glass disks arranged on a circular tray were rotated through a light source to give the illusion of movement.
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Kinetoscope-1888- device used to watch film through a peephole invented by thomas edison and william dickson
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A movie wiever invented my Thomas Edison and WIlliam Dickson. It allowed a single person to view a motion picture through a small viewing aparatus.
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A rudementary device that combined a phonograph and a kinetoscope to add audio for viewers.
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A riveting 5 second documentary showcasing Fredd Ott sneezing. It was the first motion picture to be copyrighted in the US.
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Thomas Edison's movie studio. The first movie studio ever made. It had the distinct feature of being able to rotate to catch sunlight.
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Invented by the Lumierre brothers, it combined both a film camera and projector into a single device.
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Thomas Edison's movie projector was unvieled in New York City.
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Chinese Philosopher Mozi proposes the principles beind the pinhole camera. It involves the use of a "collecting plate" and "treasure room" for storing images.
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A paramount in special effects, this film follows a group of astronomers as they travel to the moon.
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A film by Edwin S. Porter, who worked with Thomas Edison. Remarkable for it's use of interior and exterior setting, multiple camera positions, and cross cutting.
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A huge commercial success, as well as a highly influencial propoganda film. It glorified the Klu Klux Klan while showcasing blacks in a negative light,
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The first feature film to be shot in color. It used a totally unique process to achieve color known as the Douglass Natural Color process.
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The first significant Documentary film.
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A Russian silent film. Regarded as the most influential propoganda film of all time. It was revolutionary in its use of montage editing to elicit na emotional response out of it's viewers.
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The first movie with dialogue. It ushered in the end of the silent film era.
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Another Eisenstein propoganda film. It's stirring battle sequences paired with an epic score from mastermind Sergei Prokofiev have had massive influence on all movies since.
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The first use of surround sound in cinema, which is now a staple.
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The first ever 3d film to be released.
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The first movie to be shot in 24 frames per second High Definition digital video.
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The first commercial film to be shot in 48 frames per second.