History of Movies

The invention of the cinema began in the 1890’s in America through the exploration of “persistence of vision.” This is the technique in which the human eye can begins to see the illusion of movement when twenty-four picture frames are rapidly fired one after the other. “... later research demonstrated,

It was flexible and could be wound around a spool, which couldn't be done in older versions of film. Then, Edison and his team created the Kinetoscope, which was a machine that played the Strip Kinetograph, so people could watch the motion pictures. The first movie, was about 30 seconds long and was shown in kinetoscope parlor, or movie theater. In modern times, we've evolved to motion pictures being as long as 3

Ever since its first introduction in 1893, motion pictures have become a remarkably successful medium that portray drama and arouse the audiences’ emotions. It allowed for the audience to escape from the hassles of everyday life and immerse themselves into the world of the story’s narrative. From the 1920s to the 1960s, motion pictures began to dramatically develop, building on the practices established from the previous years of film. Prior to this period, motion pictures were only silent films. In 1927 and the early 1950s, the addition of sound and color began to revolutionize film aesthetics and the industry as a whole.

By 1909 there was around 9,000 cinemas across America and the year before that a union named MPMO was created to protect the rights of movie projectionists. A usual film was only a single reel long which was ten to twelve minutes in length and the performers where left anonymous because acting in a movie was considered humiliating compared to stage acting thus the actors were never recognized by name. Other things such as the first stunt was performed in the 1910’s it was a man jumped into the Hudson River from a burning balloon and max factor created a specially formulated make up for movies. In 1910s the first female French film maker named Alice Guy Blache joined the film industry, so far she is only woman to own and run her own studio

The first motion picture that is considered as the first editing is the Race Horse created by Eadweard Muybridge in 1878. This was created by arranging twelve cameras along a track at Stanford’s estate and as a horse sped by, it tripped wires connected to the cameras, which took several photos in a fast succession. When the pictures were developed in the frames and put together it created an illusion of motion. But Muybridge did not stop there, he kept taking hundreds of photographs of people and animals in motion and displayed them in lectures and also invented a device to display them in called ‘zoopraxiscope’. The zoopraxiscope projected those images rapidly in sequence onto a screen and once you spin it, it produces the illusion of motion.

He built and patented a 16 lens camera in 1887 in his workshop in Leeds. The first 8 lenses would be triggered in rapid succession by an electromagnetic shutter on the film, and then the film would be moved forward, effectively allowing the other 8 lenses to operate on the film. After a year of much trial and much more effort, he finally developed a single lens camera in 1888. He then used that camera to shoot the first sequences of moving film in the world, including the Roundhay Garden Scene and Leeds Bridge. At first, the films would range

A common luxury in America today is television and movies, but have you ever wondered how visual entertainment on screen began? Since the late 1800’s the way we view things in cinema has changed profoundly. Living in the 21st Century, in which is the digital revolution, we no longer have to leave our homes to see a movie or event. How did it all start? Who came up with the idea? Who built the first camera? How did it have an impact on cinema today? Credit must be given to an early motion picture device called the Kinetoscope, which set the standard for all cinematic projections that we have today.

One document that had a tremendous influence on the way films were produced in the

Edwin Hernandez Professor Bulington Introduction to Film 5 October 2015 Safe Observational Essay The invention of movies has greatly progressed over the many years since its creation. What was once pictures rapidly revolving around to appear as though the image was moving is now a series of high–tech editing and complex techniques. A common theme, however, has not changed as the years have gone by.

The emergence of film brought about many cultural changes as cinema continuously evolved and progressed at a fast pace. During the 1880s scientists began to develop equipment for motion photography. A more convenient type of recording material, sensitized paper on a roll, was developed by George Eastman as an alternative to the previously used coated glass or gelatin plates ( Sklar 47). The first film loaded box camera was introduced by Eastman in 1888, under the trade name “Kodak” (47). In the twentieth century, film became a common leisure activity, prompting the need for motion picture theaters. Eventually, criticism towards featured films became “the norm” among social groups, allowing people to become more involved in the art of cinematography (Sklar 48). This ultimately heightened the pressure for filmmakers to deliver aesthetically pleasing, high quality, and meaningful films. Film creators began developing movies that conveyed messages specific to the lives of different types of people. Members of both ends of the social and

From there in 1892 Emil Reynaud invented the Praxinoscope. This was a theatrical Zoetrope that had mirrors placed on the inside so that he sequenced drawings that are inside of the drum reflect of the mirrors like a projector. From there nothing really big happens until the 1900’s. In 1900, Stuart Blackton creates a prototype of animation, “The Enchanted Drawing”. This isn’t considered a proper animation because Blackton can be seen in the film altering the drawings, but Blackton then creates

The actual study of motion pictures began with several different men. One of them was Eadweard Muybridge who found a way to photograph running horses, during June 19, of 1878. In 1882, Etienne Marey was inspired by Muybridge and studied the flight of birds in rapid motion. Many of these men

Thomas Edison created motion picture technology in the 1880’s, movies became #1 source of entertainment till the radio and television.  D.W. Griffith’s Birth of A Nation (1915) was the world’s 1st silent film & it included racist images & Ku Klux Klan.

During the mid to late years of the 19th century, a new form of entertainment emerged. Film entered the stage of innovation. New marketing and technological innovations developed for film to become the art it is today. In the 1830s, Joseph Plateau designed the Phenakistoscope. This device had a picture in the middle of a wheel made with mirrors and small openings. When spun, the Phenakistoscope made the picture appear to move. The name changed to Zoetrope in the 1860s and producers advertised the product as an accessory every home needed (Dixon & Foster, 2008). Later inventions that preceded the first motion picture camera include: Henry Du Mont’s Omiscope, Henry R. Heyl’s Phasmatrope, Eadweard Muybridge’s Zoöpraxiscope, Etienne-Jules Marey’s fusil photographique and Eastman Kodak’s chronophotographs (Parkinson, 1997). With a design by Thomas Edison, William Kennedy Laurie Dickson built the first modern movie camera, the Kinetograph, in 1890 (Dixon & Foster, 2008). In 1895, Auguste and Louis Lumiére patented the Cinématographe, a machine that combined the engineering of a camera and a projector (Bergan, 2006). Businessmen capitalized on the growing need for a place to witness these brand new films, thus they charged people to see them in their living rooms (Potter, 2014). These creations made movie-making a reality.

No matter who a person thinks invented the motion picture camera, whether it was Louis Lumiere or Thomas Edison, I'm sure they had no idea what it would become at the turn of the century. Motion pictures, has become an entertainment medium like no other. From Fred Ott's Sneeze to Psycho to Being John Malkovich, the evolution from moving pictures to a pure art form has been quite amazing. Different steps in filming techniques define eras in one of the most amazing ideas that was ever composed. Silent to Sound. Short to long. Black and white to color. Analog to Digital. All were important marks in the History of Motion Pictures. "It's different than other arts. It had to be invented"