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Edweard Muybridge created a set of cards that shows an illusion of movement. When technology for cameras started growing, Edweard took the time to know how moving photographs or "motion picture" can create an appearance of movement when it is actually not. -
Etienne-Jules Marey recorded a series of photos to create a live action of a shotgun look alike and named it the chronophotographic. unlike a real gun, the chronophotographic reacts to light when taking photos while the shutter switches on the drum of it. -
Edison invented the first motion picture camera called the Kinetograph after the success of his phonograph. A Kinetoscope parlor opened in NYC for twenty five cents for a peek. -
In December of 1895, the first public film screening took place. The Lumiere brothers were a part of their film which was showcased to the screening and involved with their light-weight camera they used to create their documentary-style films. -
The brothers Auguste and Louis Lumiere invented a smaller camera unlike Edison's Kinetoscope. The Cinematograph speeds to sixteen frames per second and was made easier to move anywhere to film without a studio. -
One of the first filmmakers named Georges Melies found a way to create special effects through manipulation. Melies ended up becoming the inventor of special effects he uses for shooting a film. He creates these effects which include fast and slow motion, dissolving, mattes, animation, and photography. To do this, Melies carefully connects multiple shots together to create an effect that is magical. -
The Nickelodeon was named after "nickel", and is designed to have showcases of continuous programs with short films, displayed for the public to pay for watch in theatre. The new theatre were small and simple watch a short program which was cheaper than today. -
Griffith had been considered as the "Father of film technique. As Griffith continued to create films, he learned a new innovative skill on alternating different shots of space and area to make a cinematic sequence throughout his recordings. To do this, Griffith's shots are done close, medium, full, and close-up.