History of film A number of technologies, simple optical toys and mechanical inventions related to motion and vision were developed in the early to late 19th century that were precursors to the birth + Issue | Date lorem ipsum dolor sit Pellentesque nunc odio, mattis sit amet, commodo nec, consectetuer quis, Maecenas et lorem. Ut et nisl id turpis varius faucibus. page 3 more on 2 Film Technology used in Films The first technological precursors of film is the pinhole camera , followed by the more advanced camera obscura , which was first described in detail by Alhazen in his Book of Optics and later perfected by Giambattista della Porta . Light is inverted through a small hole or lens from outside, and projected onto a surface or screen . Using a camera obscura, it was D. W. Griffith David Llewelyn Wark "D. W." Griffith (January 22, 1875 – July 23, 1948) was an American film director, mostly remembered as the director of the 1915 film The Birth of a Nation and the subsequent film Intolerance (1916) Griffith began making short films in 1908, and released his first feature , Judith of
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History of filmA number of technologies, simple optical toys and mechanical inventions related to motion and vision were developed in the early to late 19th century that were precursors to the birth of the motion picture industry:
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Technology used in Films
The first technological precursors of film is the pinhole camera, followed by the more advanced camera obscura, which was first described in detail by Alhazen in his Book of Optics and later perfected by Giambattista della Porta. Light is inverted through a small hole or lens from outside, and projected onto a surface or screen. Using a camera obscura, it was possible to project a moving image, but there was no means of recording the image for later viewing.
D. W. Griffith
David Llewelyn Wark "D. W." Griffith (January 22, 1875 – July 23, 1948) was an American film director, mostly remembered as the director of the 1915 film The Birth of a Nation and the subsequent film Intolerance(1916) Griffith began making short films in 1908, and released his first feature,Judith of Bethulia, in 1913. His film The Birth of a Nation made pioneering use of advanced camera and narrative techniques, and its immense popularity set the stage for the
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