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!