Film began with the simple invention of the magic lantern in the 17th century. All it needed to work was light, such as a candle, and crude lenses. It was used for entertainment and often times, education, for all ages. It remained very popular until motion toys came about and soon the concept of “persistence of vision” came forth, in which it is “the eye's capacity to retain an image even after it has been removed”. Peter Mark Roget in 1824 came up with that description and idea and helped advance in cinema. In 1831, Michael Faraday discovered the law of electromagnetic induction. He discovered the process of generating electricity and powering motors in which it contributed massively to the film industry. Soon, Joseph Plateau created the
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In 1834, the Daedalum or Zoetrope came forth, created by British inventor William George Horner. It was in a form of a cylinder that was hollow with regularly-spaced narrow slits. Inside would lay a picture that would “move” when someone would crank it. Inventor Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre was considered to be one of the first fathers of photography, creating the daguerreotype process, allowing people to actually obtain permanent images by camera. Daguerre's process somehow “fixed” the images onto a sheet of silver-plated copper. He polished the silver and coated it in iodine. Then, he put the plate in a camera and exposed it to light. After the image was painted by light, Daguerre covered the plate in a solution of silver chloride. The process created a lasting image unlike past inventors where their images took long to develop and would quickly disappear. Modeling after the daguerreotype process, in 1861, Coleman Sellers placed still photos on a rapidly rotating paddle wheel so that the pictures would emerge together, forming a moving picture. He called it the Kinematoscope. Years later, Celluloid, a transparent and flammable plastic, was then manufactured and used as the base for photographic
In 1834, the Daedalum or Zoetrope came forth, created by British inventor William George Horner. It was in a form of a cylinder that was hollow with regularly-spaced narrow slits. Inside would lay a picture that would “move” when someone would crank it. Inventor Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre was considered to be one of the first fathers of photography, creating the daguerreotype process, allowing people to actually obtain permanent images by camera. Daguerre's process somehow “fixed” the images onto a sheet of silver-plated copper. He polished the silver and coated it in iodine. Then, he put the plate in a camera and exposed it to light. After the image was painted by light, Daguerre covered the plate in a solution of silver chloride. The process created a lasting image unlike past inventors where their images took long to develop and would quickly disappear. Modeling after the daguerreotype process, in 1861, Coleman Sellers placed still photos on a rapidly rotating paddle wheel so that the pictures would emerge together, forming a moving picture. He called it the Kinematoscope. Years later, Celluloid, a transparent and flammable plastic, was then manufactured and used as the base for photographic