History of Film

By Trez123

  • Stop-Motion Sucess

    Stop-Motion Sucess
    in an attempt to win a bet, Multiple photos that displayed frame by frame shots of a horse galloping, at first glance this might seem like nothing, but when flipping through the photos, the images formed the first silent film.

  • First Real Film

    First Real Film
    Louis Le Prince made the fist recorded film, Roundhay Garden Scene, this film is also regarded as the earliest survivng motion picture.

  • Birth of the Cinematographe

    Birth of the Cinematographe
    Soon many researches started a surge in motion capturing devices, but the first to sucessfully create this stype of device was W.K.L Dickson, However The Lumiere Brothers( Auguste and Louis) were the first to perfect the Cinematographe which allowed them to take,print, and project film.

  • The First U.S. Narrative Film

    The First U.S. Narrative Film
    on December 1, 1903 Edwin S. Porter released The Great Train Robbery, The first U.S. narrative film. This film is greatly accredited for its never before seen techniqus, such as camera postions, on location shootng, and composite editing.

  • First Colored Film

    First Colored Film
    The first sucessful colored flim was a Visit to the Seaside, a 8 minue short film developed by Gerge Albert Smith.

  • Motion Pictures Patent Company

    Motion Pictures Patent Company
    Around December 1908, several companies wished to capitalize on the film-making business. Led by Thomas Edison, these companies formed a trust called Motion Pictre Patent Company( aka Edison Trust) the overall plan was to make it near-impossible for independent companies to compete as the MPC had patents on mltiple film spplies, however the MPPC did set a film standard.

  • First Sound Flm

    First Sound Flm
    on August 6, 1920 Warner Bros. released Don Juan, The first film to use sound instead of the usual silentlessness hat ad become the precedent for the film industry.