History of film timeline

  • Phenakistiscope was introduced

    Phenakistiscope was introduced
    pretty similar too the zoetrope. Its a card board disc with slits cut around the edges. Joseph Plateau was the original creater of the phenakistiscope.
  • Zoetrope was invented

    Zoetrope was invented
    The zoetrope was invented in 1834 by William Horner, images would be on the inside while you the person would look through little holes, making the image move.
  • who is WKL Dickson

    who is WKL Dickson
    WKL DICKSON is William Kennedy Laurie Dickson was a Scottish inventor who loved an early motion picture camera and worked for thomas edison.
  • Leland stanfords bet

    Leland stanfords bet
    Leland stanford placed a 25,000 bet with another man stating that all 4 hoofs of a horse come off the ground. Leland hired a man named Eadward muybridge to take pictures and prove that all 4 hoofs are off the ground.
  • Eadward Muybridge invented zoopraxiscope

    Eadward Muybridge invented zoopraxiscope
    was considerd the early movie projector created by Thomas edison and W.K.L dickson. images were painted onto a glass disks as silhouettes.
  • George Eastman introduced the first hand-held box camera

    George Eastman introduced the first hand-held box camera
    His first camera, the Kodak, was sold in 1888. He created the Eastman Dry Plate and Film Company. He sold 100+ cameras after 1888
  • FPS

    FPS
    FPS was always used as the amount of speed films go by. F.P.S stands for frames per second. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QdlVBkmbMk16
  • first motion pitcure

    first motion pitcure
    black maria was the name of the first motion picture.it was created in 1893 made by thomas edison in new jersey
  • Fred Ott’s Sneeze was made in Edison’s “Black Maria”

    Fred Ott’s Sneeze was made in Edison’s “Black Maria”
    fred otts sneeze was the first motion picture shot in "black maria". a very shorthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wnOpDWSbyw
  • first kinetiscope parlor

    first kinetiscope parlor
    opened up by thomas edison in 1894. poeple from the area could go in to multiple kinetiscopes and see differnet images.
  • Lumiere brothers

    Lumiere brothers
    The two borthers created the first private screening of a flim and they charged admission for each person to view the movie.
  • kinetiscope invention

    kinetiscope invention
    Thomas edison didnt make the kinetiscope he made the idea of it but W.K.L dickson actually made the invention.
  • a trip to the moon

    a trip to the moon
    shot by a magician named Georges meilies, it was another silent film
  • great train robbery

    great train robbery
    Edwin s poter was the director of the Great train robbery created in 1903, it included parralel editing and no dialouge. 14 scenes and a total of a 11 minutes.