MMC 2604 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Block Booking, Railways Act 1921, The Documentary
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Chapter 6 notes: early technology and the evolution of movies, the development of film. The concept of film goes back as early as leonardo davinci. Thaumatrope: invented in 1824, a two-sided card with different images on each side that appeared to be combined images when twirled. Zoetrope: invented in 1834, a cylindrical device that rapidly twirled images inside a cylinder, which appeared to make the images move. Eadweard muybridge is credited with being the first to manipulate photographs to make them appear to move while simultaneously projecting them on a screen. 1884: george eastman developed the first roll film. Louis aim augustin le prince invented the first motion picture camera. Le prince is credited with filming the first motion picture, roundhay garden scene, in 1888. 1889: hannibal goodwin improved eastman"s roll film by using thin strips of transparent, pliable material called celluloid. Edison and the lumi res create motion pictures.
