History of film and video production

  • The birth of film

    The birth of film
    William Lincoln invented the first machine patented in the United States that showed animated pictures or movies device called the ʺwheel of lifeʺ or ʺzoopraxiscopeʺ.
  • The birth of cinemas

    The birth of cinemas
    Magic lanternpraxinoscope inventedamericas first movie studio ʺBlack Mariaʺ
  • Invention of the first movie camera

    Invention of the first movie camera
    Thomas Edison inventing the first camera to ever record video
  • The birth of special effects

    The first special effect in 1895 was use by Thomas Edison. The first time for a major amout of special effects was in ʺA Space Odysseyʺ made in 1968.
  • The first projector

    The first projector
    Louis Lumiere invented the first motion picture camera
  • Sound movies

    The first film with sound was introduced.
  • Color movies

    the first film was introduced
  • Invention of kinescope process

    Invention of kinescope process
    In 1929 Vladimir Zworykin invented the kinescope process
  • The birth of videotape

    The birth of videotape
    Charles P. Ginsburg invented the videotape. The first VCR was sold by Sony in 1971.
  • Computer generated animation

    Computer generated animation
    Bell Telephone Laboratories, First computers animations