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The first camera obscura was used. A camera obscura consisted of small dark rooms with a tiny hole through which light came in and as a result, an inversed image came out.
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This optical instrument was the first to create the illusion of movement when looked at in a mirror.
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Photography techniques, such as daguerreotype or negative photographs are implemented and improved over the years.
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A camera that could capture motion, was created and patented by Wordsworth Donisthorpe
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Thomas Edison creates the Kinetoscope, a motion picture camera.
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Edison opened his studio, named "Black Maria", located in West Orange, New Jersey.
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Short motion pictures were filmed. These lacked a storyline or message, and were mostly of people on the street, sneezing or other unimportant events.
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A motion picture was displayed for the public for the first time in the Holland Brothers' studio in New York
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Edison exhibits the first movies colored by hand, which include Anabelle in Atlanta
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The Lumière brothers create their own motion picture camera and the movie can now be seen by several people at a time.
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The first building is built specifically to exhibit movies.
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The first cinema is built in the U.S. with 200 chairs and charging 10 cents per ticket.
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Hollywood as a cinema hotspot is founded.
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The first precedent of a movie trailer happens when Broadway producer, Nils Granlund, shoots a short film to advertise his play and exhibits it in the Marcus Loew theatre in NY.
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Filmmaker Allan Dwan was a pioneer in the film industry by taking the camera outside of a static location and following around someone for footage.
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Director David Wark Griffith is the "father" of cinematographic terminology, creator of the first flashback, first to use natural and artificial light combined and creator of the 3 movie base laws: time, space and action.
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The 30's marked a cinematographic revolution by bringing sound into movies and exhibiting the first movies with voices and sound.
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Advances in special effects allow filming in less expensive locations and the first auto cinema is opened in L.A.
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Studios are adapted to film movies for T.V. screens since it is a better business.
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3D movies are developed and need special glasses.
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Sony launches the Betamax video recorder.
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Garret Brown creates the steady cam, that allows the camera to travel with a person and therefore create smooth sequences of fast movement scenes or different perspectives.
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Star Wars: Episode I becomes the first film to be completely filmed in High Definition.
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Special effects have developed enormously and have become a big part of movies and series, creating unbelievable things that would otherwise be impossible.
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Cameras, such as GoPro, smart phones or drones, have allowed the world to create their own "films" and bring to life their ideas, without it being too expensive and maintaining a good quality. These have also helped with the security and welfare of the world.
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