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phenakistiscope
cardboard discs with slits around the edges -
zoetrope
same principle as the phenakinstiscope but it is a cylindrical shape -
leland standford
-once a californian govenor
-$25,000 bet
-do all four hooves of a horse leave the ground simultaniously -
zoopraxiscoipe projector
inventd by muybridge, a machine that projects images to another surface -
black maria
edison built the first motion picture studio near hisin new jersey. it was a shed -
fred ott's sneeze
- 1st copyrighted film in USA
- first film in prodoction studio
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Period: to
novelty period
topicals were invented on unpredictable news events audience prefferred story films -
cinematograph
functioned as a camera,projector, and printer all in one -
the lumiere brothers
credited for the worlds first public film screening on december 28 1895. lasted 20 minutes. -
kinetoscope
invented by thomas edison but W.K.L dickson was credited for it -
george melies, magician of the cinema
-trip to the moon -
the great train robbery
- first story film made by edwin s. porter -used parallel edeting
- narritive story with multiple plot lines
- a dummy thrown off the moving train first in film history
- filmed in 1903
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renting movies
Exhibitors had to rent films in order to watch it -
nickelodeons
five cent theatres
