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The Phenakistoscope was a cardboard disk with slits around the sides.
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Another motion picture device similar to the Phenakistoscope, but it has a cynrdrical form.
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There was much controversy in horse racing circles at the time, and though most believed that a horse has one foot in contact with the ground, stanford thought otherwose; He just needed to find a way to slow down the movement. Because of this, Stanford decided to bet a lengthy $25,00 that a horse does not touch the ground while its running, so he put cameras connected by a trip wire, to take a picture each time the horse ran across. This led to moving pictures.
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Invented by Thomas Edison (along side the light bulb)
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Incented by Eadward Muybridge, the zoopraxiscope is a machine that can project images onto another surface. It was the first machine to produce motion pictures; Its considered the first movie projector.
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An early motion picture device designed for films to be viewed by one individual at a time through a peephole viewer window at the top of the device. It was technically built by Thomas Edison, but W.K.L Dickson, one of Edison's employees, was credited for the invention.
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The Black Maria was Thomas Edison's shed-like movie production studio in West Orange, New Jersey. It was the first motion picture studio ever, and was located near his lab.
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Fred Ott's sneeze is a 1894 American, short black-and-white documentary film shot by William K.L Dickson and starring Fred Ott. It was the first motion picture to be copyrighted in the United States.
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An Invention made by the Lumiere Brothers that functioned as a camera, projector, and a printer all in one.
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The Lumiere Brothers were credited with the world's first public film screening that lasted twenty minutes.
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George Melies made the movie: Trip to the moon.
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The Great Train Robbery was the first story film ever, and was directed by Edwin S. Porter. He was the first to have used Parallel editing, or edited at all back in that time. It was also one of the first stunt including film to have a dummy thrown off a moving train in film history.
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It was the deadliest theatre fire, and the second deadliest single-building fire in United state's history. At least 602 people died as a result of the fire. It was caused by a spark onto a freshly varnished wooden stage, that caught onto the curtains, and was later bigger as a caus of the sudden gusts of December air from the exits. Many died being trampled, burned, and inhilation of smoke.
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More and more people became attracted to watching films and so 5 cent theatres, or Nickeloadeons, were created.
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In 1907, people began to rent movies. Exhibitors had to rent films in order to watch it. There was also an increase in complaints on hygiene, lighting, safety, and if children should be allowed to enter.
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Films seldom included credits; Many Actors were credited for their parts in a movie.
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Nickeloadeons became the main form of exhibition
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There began to be a division of jobs in order to create a movie Ex: Directors, producers, camera operators etc...
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Film companies gave the script to the director- with strict orders on how to make it.
