History of Video Production

BY: CELESTE ANDERSON

History of Video Production

First Color Photograph (1861)

1861 – James Clerk Maxwell makes the first color photograph in Scotland

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First Photographs of Motion (1878)

Eadweard Muybridge takes the first pictures of nature, which show how people and animals move

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/film_chron.cfm#photography

First Kodak Camera (1888)

1888- George Eastman creates the first Kodak Camera, which used film wound onto rollers

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The Kodak Camera was Placed on the Market (1888)

1888 - The name "Kodak" was created and the camera was placed on the market.

http://www.kodak.com/ek/US/en/Our_Company/History_of_Kodak/Milestones_-_chronology/1878-1929.htm

Kinetoscope is Produced (1889)

Thomas Edison and W.K. Dickson make the Kinetoscope, which was a peep-show device where film is moved past a light

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First Motion Picture Device (1891)

1891 – Thomas Edison invents the first motion picture device.

Movies were photographed by quick stop-and-go movements showing the appearance of flowing movement

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Thomas Edison Patents His Movie Camera (1893)

1893- Thomas Edison displays his Kinetoscope at the World's Columbian Exhibition in Chicago and patents his movie camera, the Kinetograph, and his peepshow machine. http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/film_chron.cfm#photography

Pocket Kodak was Revealed (1895)

1895 - The Pocket KODAK Camera was revealed. It used roll film and combined a small window.

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First Movie Camera and Projector Combination (1895)

1895- Two French brothers, Louis and August Lumiere, patent a movie camera and projector combination which projected an image that could be seen by many people. They presented the first exhibition in Paris. 

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First Color Film (1905)

1905- The first film with color is producedhttp://

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Phonovision (1927)

Phonovision was the first ever video formatIt was used as an experiment for better video

formats to developIt used a record and a stylus to record and

then play back the videohttp://www.videointerchange.com/video-histo

ry.htm

First Full-color Movie (1932)

1932 – Disney creates the first full-color movie cartoon in Technicolor

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Kodaslide Projector (1937)

1937- Kodak makes the Kodaslide Projector, the first slide projector that showed 2 x 2” glass-mounted slides.

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2 Inch Quadruplex (1956)

The first professional broadcast video format

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First Image on a Computer (1957)

1957 – Russell Kirsch produces the first digital image on a computer

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1 Inch Sony EV Format (1964)

It was the first portable video camera that was intended for general use

In the 1960’s “portable” meant it had handles, but it was not even close to being small and compact (around 90 pounds)

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1/2" Skip Field Recording (1964)

It was the first video camera to reelIt was first meant for home use, but it made

its way into being used commerciallyWhatever was recorded on the camera was

not meant to be moved to another devicehttp://

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First photo of Earth taken from Space (1968)

1968 – A photograph of the Earth is taken from the moon for the first time

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3/4 U-matic (1971)

1971- The ¾ U-matic became the standard for early news gathering because it had great image quality.

It is said to be the most successful format of all time.

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Home-made Videos (1978)

1978- Polaroid introduces Polavision, an instant color motion picture system, which makes 2 ½ minute home-made videos

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