2. The 1800’s.
Various image projection devices were created for enjoyment at the home. These were
small devices called motion toys that were very different from the standard magic
lantern.
From this concept, inventions were made for projecting images.
In 1872, the first ever movie was created as an experiment. The man behind this
movie was Eadweard Muybridge. His experiment with a horse, twelve cameras and
thread attached to the camera shutters helped him use the Zoopraxiscope, to create
the motion photography but also our first movie.
In 1885, George Eastman and William H. created the very first reel of film using
sensitized paper created with a gelatin emulsion.
In 1886, the sensitized paper created with a gelatin emulsion was then replaced with
celluloid which was a synthetic plastic material.
3. The 1900’s.
- Editing.
In the 1800’s editing was never focused on fully due to the excitement of
the first motion photography. In the 1900’s, editing was slowly coming into
this motion photography, this then let the directors have the opportunity to
make their films perfect by changing the angles in the scene that was shot
or to redo the scene all together.
The 1900’s the transitions of distant shots to close up shots were first
created. This was done by mounting the camera man on wheels and then
on a track before then physically moving the camera closer to what was
being shot.
This ancient movie technique was used for the very first time in the movie
filmed in 1904 called Photographing of a Female Crook.
4. The 1900’s. - Cinematic times
In the 1900’s, the repetition of a scene would be played over and over
again but from all different angles. This was always seen in that era, to
be the coolest thing to happen in movies. An example of this would be
in A trip to the moon in 1902. This method was always seen as quite
comical.
In 1903, The Great Train Robbery was directed by Edwin S. Porter. It was
a 10 minute long action film that was based on the true story of the train
robbery of 1900. This film used a number of innovative techniques, such
as parallel editing and jump and cross-cuts. In a jump and cross-cut, two
separate scenes of action are being shown on one screen and are split by
a line going vertically or diagonally. A narrative story was told along
with the film, making it one of the first movies to be plot-based as well
as one of the most famous movies of its time.
5. The 1900’s. – Nickelodeon era
Around the year 1905, an inexpensive way to view movies was created - the 5
cent movie theatre.
The period of time that these theatres were being built was called the
Nickelodeon era because because the viewing was only 5 cents.
The 5-cent movie theatre helped movies make the transition into the 1920's by
ultimately increasing the appeal of film and helped bring in a larger profit.
World War 1 gave the film makers an opportunity to film and work by filming
documentaries. After World War 1, there was a change and a beginning of a
cultural phenomena was apparent. This was the rise of Hollywood.
6. On June the 19th 1905, the first cinema was opened in Pittsburgh Penn.
This was the creation of Harry Davis and John P.
Three children playing with sunflowers in a backyard is the first color
moving picture ever made. The footage was captured in 1902 by color
film pioneer Edward Raymond Turner.
The Jazz Singer was the first film made with sound. In June 1925
Warner Brothers acquired the revolutionary sound-on-disc technology
that George Groves had helped to develop at Bell Labs. There was to be
no dialogue in the film. Instead the audio accompaniment was an
orchestral soundtrack provided by the New York Philharmonic
Orchestra supplemented by sound effects for enhanced realism.
In the Jazz Singer, the speaking belong to the voice Al Jolson when he
said Wait a minute, wait a minute, you ain't heard nothin' yet.
