History of Film

  • Magic Latern

    Magic Latern
    In the 1700s the Magic Latern was invented which is an old fashion Projecter.
  • Sill Photography

    In 1827 the 1st still phototgraphy was stil being used with a plate inserted
  • Joseph Plateau and sons

    Joseph Plateau and sons
    Plateau familty came up with something with a(n) illusion. They used a window glass plate that arleady has pictures, then they put slots on it so you can see the picture thats been drawn. Then they called it the Phenakistoscope
  • Another Illusion

    Another Illusion
    William George introdue a new illusion toy called the Zoetrope. It uses the same form of use as the Phenakistoscope, but instead of a disk the pictures are already drawn on. Just by turning the toy.
  • Eadweard Muybridge

    Eadweard Muybridge
    its been 5 years of trying to create motion. Until a bet was placed on a horse. All the men who beted wanted to say that all feet on a horse does not come off the ground. So what they did to prove his ponit was, set up 6 cameras ansd all took a picture, and the answer was right in their faces.
  • George Eastman

    George Eastman
    George Eastman devlopes a still camera that uses sensitised paperand calls it Kodak
  • Team work makes the dream work

    Team work makes the dream work
    Thomas A. Edison teams up with W.K.L Dickson to create machnies that shoes motion pictures. Thomas Edison started on the phonograghy first.
  • Thomas Edison Travels

    Thomas Edison Travels
    Thomas Edison Travels to Paris and takes a look at another camera made by Marey that uses a more flexiable strip of film.
  • The final Product

    The final Product
    Thomas Edison and W.K.L Dickson have their Kinetograph camera and Kinetoscope all set up and read to use
  • Emile Reynaud

    Emile Reynaud
    Emile Reynaud creates he Praxinoscope which is very similar to the Zoetrope. Thre difference was that is the pictures were on mirriors
  • Etienne Marey

    Etienne Marey
    Etienne Marey builds a camera that ues trips of paper
  • Another one

    Another one
    After Thomas Edidison and his partner released their invention one similar to theirs came out in the Autum of 1894 called the Mutoscope, but insted it uses a flip card to provide motion picture.