3. First moving picture
• This was regarded by many as ‘The Horse In Motion’ (1882).
• Created by Eadweard Muybridge using wet plates which produced faint,
highly underexposed plates that captured the motion of the horse. Once
put together, it created a sequence of pictures.
• He produced a celebrated high-speed study into the movement of both
animals and humans.
• Years later, his work was cited as a major inspiration
for the invention of the modern cine-camera by
Thomas Edison.
4. First colourmotion picture film
footage
• Created by Edward Raymond Turner (a pioneer from London)
who patented his colour process on 22nd March 1899.
• Edward Turner shot the test films in Brighton, England in 1902
but his pioneering work ended abruptly when he died
suddenly of a heart attack.
5. First ever movie shot
• ‘Monkeyshines no.1’ was the first ever movie shot in U.S.A,
1890.
• It was shot as a camera test by W.K.L Dickson and William
Heise – both who worked for Thomas Edison.
• It was filmed for the purpose of being a camera test and not
for commercial purposes but was classed as the first movie
ever shot.
6. First copyrighted movie ever
made
• The first copyrighted movie to ever be made was called ‘Fred
Ott’s Sneeze’ in 1893/1894.
• It was the first movie made at Thomas Edison’s rooftop studio.
The actual name of this movie is a record of a sneeze.
• It was made in late 1893 but wasn’t copyrighted till January
7th, 1894.
7. First motion picture made for
projection
• It was called ‘Workers leaving the Lumiere Factory’ which was
made in 1895.
• The Lumieres then held their first paid public screening of the
motion picture on December 28th, 1895 in the basement of
the Salon Indien Du Grand Café in Paris.
9. First ever romance film?
• The first ever romance film to be made was created by
Thomas Edison which was approximately only 18 seconds.
• He created the first movie which featured a romance scene (a
kiss). He named it ‘The May Irwin Kiss’.
• It was a scene from the ‘New York stage comedy’ but was
considered a romance due to that specific scene.
• This resulted in being the most popular
‘Edison Vitascope’ film during that time
period.
10. First controversial romance
film?
• The first controversial romance film to be released was in
1919. It was named ‘Different From The Others’. It was
classified as different to the previous romance films that had
been released.
• This film was the first to address the issue of homosexuality.
• Richard Oswald directed this film during WW1 in partnership
with ‘sexologist’ Dr Magnus Hirschfeld.
11. Famous historical romance
films?
• ‘Gone With The Wind’ (1939) – featured love
and drama from an affair.
• ‘Jane Eyre’ (1996) – Featured love and drama.
• Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ (1996) –
Featured love, lust and tragedy.
• ‘Titanic’(1997) - featured true love and a tragic
death.
