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Invented by Eadward Muybridge. Was a 50ft long shed with 12 cameras that were set of by strings being set off thus when as the photos were taken and put together, gave the illusion of motion.
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Made a 25,000 dollor bet that all four legs of a horse come off the ground when it is running.He won the bet by having camera's take 12 rapid photos showing in motion the horse's run
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Marketed the first hand held camera called a celluloid, which could be carred around to film anything at any moment
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Thomas Edison invented the Kinetoscope. A machine that plays 20 second films by having images get spun rapidly around by a crank. It was nick named the peep-hole
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Same as the Kinetoscpoe by was a cylinder instead and had images that were spun at a fast rate to give the illusion of motion.
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Edison built the first film studio in 1893 near his lab in New Jearsy. The top could open up to let the right amount of sunlight in for the film to work. It could turn on tracks to face the sun
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The first Kinetoscpoe parlor was opened to the public in New York. People could walk in, pay a penny to see a short film, and walk out. Was out dated two years later after new versions of the machine came out
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Functioned as a camera, printer, and projector all in one.
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Auguste and Louis Lumiere are credited with the world's first public film screening. Thay played 10 short films in the basement of the Grand Cafe in Paris, France
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Invented by George Melies, was the first science fiction film ever made. Had a group of scientist travel to the moon where they were captured by aliens and barelly excapted the moon. Weird story but still not as bad as most movies today.
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Invented by Edwin S.Porter, used parallel editing. The first film to have multible plot lines and the first stunt which was a dummie thrown off a train.