The history of film spans from 1727 when Johann Schulz discovered that silver nitrate changed color with light exposure, enabling the first camera. In 1814, the Camera Obscura was used to take the first photograph but images were not permanent. In 1837, Louis Daguerre invented the Daguerreotype which produced the first clear, permanent photographs. Throughout the 19th century, improvements continued such as making multiple copies possible and faster exposure times. In 1888, George Eastman created the first roll film camera, growing the commercial film industry. Major developments in the 20th century included color film in 1963, the first digital camera in 1974, and camcorders enabling consumers to record video in 1980. Camera technology

1. THE HISTORY OF FILM
Produced by Andy Gronow

2. 1727- SILVER NITRATE CHANGES
• Johann Heinrich Schulz was a German scientist
who discovered that Silver Nitrate changed
colour when it was exposed to light. This lead to
the making of the worlds first camera.

3. 1814- THE CAMERA
OBSCURA
The Obscura was used to take the first
picture. It took hours to make a picture in
the light and the pictures were not
permanent, so they faded over time.

4. 1837- THE DAGUERREOTYPE WAS
INVENTED
• Louis Daguerre made the
camera named after his
surname.
• It was an improvement over
past cameras as it was much
quicker to make pictures
and they were permanent,
so they wouldn’t fade.

5. 1841- MAKING MULTIPLE COPIES
POSSIBLE
• William Henry Talbot came up
with a way to make multiple
copies of a single image.

6. 1851- TAKING PICTURES GETS
EASIER
• Using a special wet plate process, the collodion camera
produced an image in seconds.

7. 1871- FILM IS MADE EASIER TO
HANDLE
• Pictures could now be developed
at any time after taking them,
rather than having to deal with
them straight after taking them.

8. 1888- THE ROLL-FILM CAMERA
• George Eastman made the
first roll-film camera. Around
this time, the film industry
began to come in.

9. 1948- THE POLAROID CAMERA
• Pictures used to be developed in a
dark room and with exposure to
light for the image to appear. The
Polaroid camera, however, allowed
the image to be developed right
away from inside the camera.

10. 1963- DAWN OF COLOURED FILM
• Ever since the early 20th century, film had been in black & white, with the
occasional cinematic film being made in Technicolor. However, in 1963,
Polaroid released the first real colour camera, by the late 1960s, nearly all
film was in colour.

11. 1974- THE FIRST DIGITAL CAMERA
• The first digital camera was made by Sasson.
Being digital made it lighter, more convenient
and much higher quality.

12. 1980- THE FIRST CONSUMER
CAMCORDER
• Professional Camcorders were only used
by big media companies for a long
time. But Sony made the first consumer
camcorder, so the general public could
now record their own moments and
make small scale entertainment.

13. 1984- THE FIRST DIGITAL CAMERA
IS MARKETED
• The first digital camera available to the public
was released in 1984 by Canon, improving
camera quality for the general public.

14. 1990- THE FIRST CAMERA PHONES
• Cameras were now built into phones, making
travel and picture taking combined much
more convenient as people did not always
have to bring a camera with them.
• It started out in Japan, but went worldwide
throughout the 90s.

15. 2001- THE EASY SHARE CAMERA
• Pictures could now be downloaded to
a computer from the camera via a USB
device and SD Card.

16. 2012- WIRELESS CAMERAS
• Cameras now don’t even have to
be plugged into a computer to
download the pictures. They can be
downloaded wirelessly and shared
via social networks.