Post on 23-Jan-2018
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The history of film.Presentation by Manon Raja.
The first step…
The zoetrope, this was one of the very first steps in the chain of events that lead to the modern film.
All information on this page comes
from the book called, A concise history
of the origins of cinema by Chris J
Mitchell.
The motion image zoetrope was invented in AD180 by
the Chinese inventor Ting Huan.
It wasn’t until the 17th century that light
projected imagery became popular in
Europe and North America.
The Magic lantern…
The Magic Lantern is a device that
uses the power of light to create
shadows that project images onto a
wall.
This was invented in the 1650’s by
the man called Christaan
Huygens…
But it is believed that the magic
lantern was made at least three
hundred years prior to Huygens by
the priests in medieval times.
The Early Motion Camera.
This device was created by Thomas
Edison (inventor of the lightbulb)
and William Dickson.
He created the early motion camera
in 1891.
The camera was called the
kinetoscope.
This device was used until Edison
found a smaller alternative so that
families could buy them.
1906, humorous phases of
funny faces.This was the first
animation and stop
motion.
This introduced film
going backwards.
This was revolutionary
because it was the first
animation.
1908, Dr jekyll and Mr
Hyde. This was a film about a
scientific breakthrough.
At this time there was a
lot of medical advances
so this film expressed
the public’s worry over
the subject.
1914, The perils of pauline.
This film took another
step into special effects
so that it appeared that
that the man was really
climbing into a hot air
ballon.
1921, The kid.
This movie was
the first ever
comedy movie…
But the director
Chapman included
highly emotional
stories to his films
though.
Source: 100 Entertainers
Who Changed America: An
Encyclopedia of Pop
Culture ..
1922, Nosferati.This film is
considered
groundbreaking
because of the use
of light and dark so
it uses shadows to
create a dark
atmosphere.
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Here are some film facts…
The first motion
picture ever produced
was called sortie de
l’usine lumiere de
lyon in 1895.
Thomas Armat
constructed the first
purpose built movie
theatre in 1895.
Alice Guy- Blache is
considered to be the first
female director.
The end!