The History Of Film

By wilsonandtom

  • Stroboscope

    Stroboscope
    The very first moving images were made on a revolving drum/disk.

  • The Beginning

    The Beginning
    The history of film began in the late 1880's along with the first movie camera.

  • Camera's

    Camera's
    one of the first camera's was the pinhole camera. Later came the camera obscura which was perfected by Giambattista della Porta. This camera works by inverting light from a small hole or lens on the outside which is then projected onto a surface or screen.

  • Fast Motion

    Fast Motion
    Eadweard Muybridge had succesfully captured a fast motion picture of the horse, Sallie Gardner, using 24 stereoscopic cameras placed 21 inches apart and taking pictures at one thousandth of a second.

  • Praxinoscope

    Praxinoscope
    The praxinoscope, which is similar to the zoetrope, displayed still images which were viewed through a window as a mirror reflection.

  • chronophotographic gun

    chronophotographic gun
    The chronopotographic gun was invented by Étienne-Jules Marey. It was able to take 12 frames a second and recording them all on the same picture.