history of film kassandra

By Kelsi Aguillard
  • Johann H. Schulze, a German physicist, discovers that silver salts turn dark when exposed to light.

    Johann H. Schulze, a German physicist, discovers that silver salts turn dark when exposed to light.

  • Carl Scheele, a Swedish chemist, shows that the changes in the color of the silver salts could be made permanent through the use of chemicals

    Carl Scheele, a Swedish chemist, shows that the changes in the color of the silver salts could be made permanent through the use of chemicals

  • united staes first film machine

    The first machine patented in the United States that showed animated pictures was a device called the “wheel of life” or “zoopraxiscope”. Patented by William Lincoln, moving drawings or photographs were watched through a slit.

  • first succesful photograghs of motion

    British photographer Eadweard Muybridge takes the first successful photographs of motion, showing how people and animals move.

  • film made on paper base insted of glass

    American inventor George Eastman introduces film made on a paper base instead of glass, wound in a roll, eliminating the need for glass plates.

  • early period

    The films of the 1890s were seen mostly via temporary storefront spaces and traveling exhibitors or as acts in vaudeville programs.
  • the Lumiere brothers

    the Lumiere brothers

    The Lumiere brothers were not the first to project film. The Edison company successfully demonstrated the Kinetoscope, which enabled one person at a time to view moving pictures.
  • The first commercial exhibition of film took place on April 14, 1894 at the first Kinetoscope parlor ever built

    The first commercial exhibition of film took place on April 14, 1894 at the first Kinetoscope parlor ever built

  • first motion picture

    The year 1900 conveniently marks the emergence of the first motion pictures that can be considered as 'films' - at this point, film-makers begin to introduce basic editing techniques and film narrative
  • The first animated cartoon is produced.

    The first animated cartoon is produced.

  • Warner Bros. is established

    Warner Bros. is established

  • Henry Miles sets up the first film exchange, allowing exhibitors to rent films instead of buying them.