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How it started
It all started with a $25,000 bet, to see if a horse has all four hoves are off the ground at one point. After they looked at the pictures really fast it made it look like the horse was actually running. And this what started the moving picture film. -
Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau
Plateau developed and markets the Phenakistiscope, or a small toy that provides the illusion of moving pictures. Making it fun for on the go. This was the thing to get before the kinetophonograph. -
Celluloid roll film experiments
George Eastman was the first to experiment with celluloid roll film. This flim did require hand cranking, but the pictures looked smoother to look at while watching. Plus cellluloid allowed you to watch the moving pictures with friends. -
The making of the first motion
William Kennedy Laurie Dickson develops the the Kinetophonograph while working for Thomas Alva Edison. This knew invention allowed everyone to see the motion pictures. The only disadvantage was it was only for one person. -
The earliest whole film record
The earlies twhole film record at the Library of Congress, Fred Ott's Sneeze, is shot. Edison applies patents for the Kinetograph (his motionn picture camera) and the kinetoscope (his pephle viewer). -
Portable cranked Camera?
Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas developed the cinmatograph, a portable, cranked operated camera. This camera allowed you to film anywhere you wanted at anytime. Just keep an extra lights around for after dark. -
First movie theater
Kinetoscope parlor was the very first movie theater during this time. The moving pictures were only made for one person, so you couldn't watch the moving pictures with friends. The kinetoscope parlor also cost money to see the moving pictures -
the Lumiere brothters
They shot their first film, Workiers leaving the Lumiere Factory. The first movie theatre opens in Paris where the Lumiere brothers shot their first film. They will shoot here several times. -
First public showing
This was the first day of the public showing of a motion picture to a paying audience. Thomas Edison and Tomas Armat's Vitascope were in the audience as well. -
Trip to the moon
Gearge Melies shoots the Trip to the Moon. Marking the first significant use of both narrative and special effects. Giving it that extrta something to the film. -
Major American motion pictures
The major American motion picture companies form the Motion Picture Patents Company and usher in the Trust War. This company didn't last long and faded away when 1915 came around. -
Mary Pckford
Pickford was an Canadian-born actress, who later on created the Mary Pickford Film Corporation in Hollywood. She became the first movie star yo form and own a film company.
