The document outlines key developments in film history from the late 1800s to present day, including: 1) The invention of movie cameras in the late 1800s which allowed the capture of sequences of photographs onto filmstrip, paving the way for the film industry. 2) The addition of synchronous sound to films in the 1920s with the film The Jazz Singer, which broke limitations and opened new possibilities. 3) The introduction of color film and Technicolor in the 1930s and 1940s, exemplified by The Wizard of Oz. 4) The development of techniques like green screen compositing in the 1940s which allowed actors to be placed into artificial backgrounds.

1. THE DEVELOPMENT IN
FILM HISTORY

2. MOVIE CAMERA – LATE 1800’S
Some say Louis Le Prince’s camera in 1888 was first, an equal
number will say it was William Friese-Greene’s in 1889. There
is no way of knowing for sure. a camera that could capture a
sequence of photographs onto filmstrip in quick succession.
This camera was the first and most important step into the film
industry. ‘The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station’ was the
most notorious ‘movie’ shown at roughly 1895.

3. SYNCHRONOUS SOUND – 1920’S
Before sound was added to movies, all motion pictures were
silent. Although narratives and plots had improved since the
invention of the camera. The addition of sound with the
pictures would break all limitations and open up more
possibilities for films.
The film ‘The Jazz Singer (1927)’ is known/referred to as the
first movie to have synchronised sound.

4. COLOUR – 1936
Technicolor is a color motion picture process invented in 1916
and then improved over several decades. The prime example
of this The Wizard of Oz (1939).

5. GREEN SCREEN – 1940
Early digital compositing started in the 1940s with the ‘traveling
matte’ – a process that was used to superimpose backdrops
with actors performing against a blank, coloured wall. These
screens’ colours have changed throughout the decades, but
the process and effect have remained the same.
It is a time-consuming technique in which a scene is filmed
against the coloured (green) screen, then re-filmed with a filter
on the lens that removes all the coloured (green) areas of the
film

6. LIGHTWEIGHT/PORTABLE EQUIPMENT –
1950S-1960S
Hollywood was famous for building huge studios and sets in its
early days. Film always had a larger than life mystique about it.
However once lightweight cameras and smaller sound
recording devices became available, there was a shift in the
style and themes explored in film.

7. CAMERA RIGS: THE DOLLY (1907) & STEADICAM
(1976)
The dolly, to put it simply, is the placing of the camera on wheels that
move along tracks. The subsequent smooth movement means that you
can follow people walking and talking (a lá The West Wing) or get
sweeping opening shots, especially when you combine it with a crane.
The steadicam was the solution to many a cameraman’s problem – getting
the smoothness of a dolly system, but with the freedom of hand-held
shooting.

8. INTERNET 1990
Instant access, worldwide distribution and everyone with a
cellphone are now all players in the video-creation game. What
was once a medium of the few – those who could afford the
equipment – is now the most democratised (and sought-out)
medium available
New formats (web shows, podcasts) and new ways of
accessing video (streaming, downloading) means that the
power has shifted from the industry to the consumers.

9. COMPUTER-GENERATED IMAGERY (CGI)
1973
(CGI) is a standard environment for web servers to interface with executable programs installed on
a server that generate web pages dynamically
The sci-fi film Westworld, was the first use of computer-generated imagery (CGI) in film. Since then
cgi has made tremendous progress.
• First 3D computer graphics
• 3D wireframe graphics
• first extensive 3D
• Pixar’s first-ever animation
• Facial capture
And much more contributions.