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The first still photograph
The first still photograph taken was by using a glass plate technique. Claude Niepce's photograph the View from a Window at Le Gras took nearly eight hours to expose. -
Phenakistoscope
In 1832, Belgian physicist Joseph Plateau introduced the phenakistoscope. it consisted of two discs that spun in opposite directions. The phenakistoscope uses the persistence of motion principle to create an illusion of motion. -
Zoetrope
The Zoetrope was invented by William George Horner. It used the same principle as Plateau's Phenakistoscope but pictures and slots are combined in a rotating drum. -
Creation of FIlm
In 1885 , William Walker and George Eastman developed film. Film was paper created with a gelatin emulsion. One year later it was replaced by celluloid. Film widend the idea of video making. -
Kintegraph
The Kintegraph was made by William Kennedy Laurie Dickenson. It was a machine that could capture images every half second. -
Motion Picture Cameras
Motion picture cameras were invented in the 1890's. Films were a minuet long with no sound, and everyone was fascinated with the idea of video. Companies starting to build themselves and it boosted the economy and changed the video world. -
Kintescope
The images of the kintegraph were placed into the kintescope and the images on the film of the kintegraph would pass through the motor and shutter mechanism of the kintescope and they went through a light and showed through a small window. -
Cinematographe
The Lumiere brothers created a light weight hand cranked mechanism called the Cinematographe. It takes pictures projects large images. -
First Rotating Camera
The first rotating camera for taking panning shots was built in 1897.
This was really important in photography. panning is a motion similar to someone shaking their head. It makes pictures look more professional and makes them more interesting. -
Film Studios
The first film studios were built in 1898. These were important, because they gave people places to film profesionally, and they were used to make video more accurate and realistic. -
Animation in Movies
The first animation in movies was in 1899. Animation was a big step in video editing and it made videos more professional and fun. Animation is the technique of ordering pictures in a certain pattern to personify it and make an visual illusian that it's moving. -
Special Effects
In the 1900's Special Effects began to be used. This opened up many possibilites to the video world and made videos more entertaining and rose up the economy even more. Special Effects also make videos more professional and creative.
