By Luke Carter

HISTORY OF VIDEO PRODUCTION

The first camera capable of taking permanent fixed images was patented by Alexander Wolcott on May 8,

1840

http://photography.lovetoknow.com/First_Camera_Invented

The first video camera capable of capturing picture and sound was demonstrated on April 14, 1956.

http://www.wisegeek.org/who-invented-the-video-camera.htm

The first motion picture was Eadweard Muybridge’s film of a horse galloping, called, “The Horse In Motion.”

http://voices.yahoo.com/the-first-movie-ever-made-history-film-firsts-679245.html?cat=37

The first video game, called “Tennis for Two,” was invented by William Higinbotham in 1958.

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blcomputer_videogames.htm

The first video game console was the “Brown Box” invented by Ralph Baer

http://content.time.com/time/interactive/0,31813,2029221,00.html

Phillppe Kahn invented the first camera phone in 1997 when he inserted a tiny camera into a Motorola Startac.

http://mashable.com/2012/03/06/philippe-kahn-camera-phone/

The first carbon microphone was invented by David Edward Hughes in 1878.

http://inventors.about.com/od/mstartinventions/a/microphone.htm

The first non-linear video editing system was the CMX 600

http://www.studiodaily.com/2007/06/the-first-non-linear-editor/

The idea of the LCD television screen was first thought of by George Heilmeier in may 1968

http://www.ehow.com/facts_5459492_lcd-tv-history.html

1926s “Don Juan” was the first movie with sound.

http://www.ask.com/question/what-was-the-first-movie-with-sound

The first camcorder capable of taking digital video was the Sony DCR-VX1000.

http://www.ehow.com/facts_6038159_history-video-production-equipment.html

The first home camera was the Sony Betamax. It was released in 1967.

http://www.ehow.com/facts_6038159_history-video-production-equipment.html

The first movie theater was the Nickelodeon, which opened on June 19, 1905 in Pittsburgh.

In 1893, Thomas Edison demonstrated the first film projector to the public. He called his invention the

Kinetograph.

http://www.ehow.com/about_4679041_who-invented-projector.html

The green screen was invented by Larry Butler in 1940 for a film he was working on.

http://www.ehow.com/facts_5172459_invented-green-screen_.html

The first disposable camera was called the Photo-Pac. It was created in 1949.

http://www.ehow.com/about_5418100_invented-disposable-camera.html

The first teleprompter was used in 1950.

http://www.telmaxteleprompters.com/teleprompters-brief-history.asp

“The Viking” was one of the earliest color films.

http://www.ask.com/question/what-was-the-first-color-movie

IMAX technology first debuted in 1970 at EXPO ‘70 in Japan.

https://www.imax.com/corporate/history/

The first DVD video was released in 1996.

http://www.brighthub.com/electronics/home-theater/articles/34446.aspx