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IN THE BEGINNING

• The first pinhole camera was created Alhazen in the 1500s.

1839

The Daguerreotype Camera was announced by the French Academy of Sciences. One of these inventions is now the world’s most expensive cameras.

1840

• The first American patent issued in photography to Alexander Wolcott for his camera.

1859

• The panoramic camera patented by Thomas Sutton.

1861

• Oliver Wendell Holmes invents stereoscope viewer.

Videos, the beginning.

•  John Baird, a Scottish engineer, was one of the earliest pioneers in capturing moving images for television production. His experiments were built upon others that had come before him

1832, Jan 1st

• One of the very first animations was made.

Thomas Edison

• Edison's laboratory was responsible for the invention of the Kinetograph (a motion picture camera) and the Kinetoscope (a peep-hole motion picture viewer). Most of this work was performed by Edison's assistant, William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, beginning in 1888.

George Melies

Maries Georges Jean Méliès was born in Paris in 1861. He began to show interest in Stage design and puppetry at a young age. His father made him learn English since he had planned to work at his father’s footwear company. While in London, he developed a keen interest in stage conjury after witnessing the work of Maskelyne and Cooke. As he returned to Paris he took over his fathers business and was soon able to buy the famous Theatre Robert Houdini.From that point on Méliès worked full time as a theatrical showman whose performances revolved around magic and illusionist techniques which he studied while in London as well as working on his own tricks. Then, the lumiere brothers unveiled their Cinématographe, he was a fan of this. From then on George started making films and became as some know him, “The Father of Special Effects.” He has made over 400 famous screen plays, while one of the most famous is, “A Trip To The Moon.”

George Melies ScreenPlays

• Cinderella- 1899, Turns rags into gown and pumpkin into carriage.

• Indian Rubber Head- 1902, split screens with masking, making it seem like he was “exploding” his own head.

• A trip to the moon- 1902, based on Verne and Wells. A 21 minute movie in which perspectives switch and other tricks to tell story of Victorian explorers visiting the moon.

• He had a 10 year run as the best known filmmaker, but eventually passed by others and bankrupted by WW1.

Edwin S Porter

• Creator of, “The Great Train Robbery.”• Used tricks to further the plot of the story rather than to

speculate.• Left Edison in 1909 to head Rex. He had moved into research and development but was devastated by 1929 market crash.

1901

• The 120mm film is first introduced by Kodak.• This film was used and still is by most film cameras.

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1914

• The first color dramatic film, “The World, The Flesh, and The Devil” is released

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1923

• Kodak made a 16mm film as an inexpensive alternative to the 35mm. This film was used by most cameras of its time and a majority of today’s film camera.

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1932

• For the very first time, amateur 8mm film, cameras and projectors are avaible.

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1953

• The dream of 3-D becomes a reality. The House of Wax, the famous horror movie, became the very first 3D movie ever to be created.

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1959

• Nikon introduces it’s first single lens reflex camera, (SLR) It had become the most advanced camera of it’s day.

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2008

• The iPhone 3G is the oldest iPhone to date, yet it is more advanced in photography and videography than all of these cameras listed combined. It contains DLSR lens adapters and the Steadicam. http://www.adorama.com/alc/0013241/article/The-14-Most-Influential-Cameras-of-All-Time

2010

•Sony SLT Alpha-55, one of the most advanced cameras to date. The Sony A-55 is an interchangeable-lens camera that provides the basic functional equivalent of a DSLR but takes the concept to a whole new level by eliminating the flipping reflex mirror and optical finder, thus allowing multiple operations to be performed simultaneously rather than sequentially.