Motion Pictures

  • the Phenakistoscope

    the Phenakistoscope
    Joseph Plateau and his sons created an illusion toy called the phenakistoscope.
  • Edison and the Phonograph

    Edison and the Phonograph
    Edison designs a machine that makes pictures move. Adapts the phonograph.
  • Cinématographe.

    Cinématographe.
    This device records and projects videos. Created by Louis and Auguste.
  • First film with Cinématographe.

    First film with Cinématographe.
    The first film with this device is called La Sortie de l'usine Lumière a Lyon (Workers leaving the Lumière factory at Lyon).
  • Adding Sounds

    Adding Sounds
    In Germany, Oskar Messter began putting sound in all his films.
  • Adding Colour

    Adding Colour
    They began adding Technicolour in some films like Toll of the Sea.
  • videocassette recorders

    made viewing and filming easier
  • computer

    all special effects were made by computer like Terminator 2: Judgement Day.