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Devices for the projection of still images (painted and/or draw)
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Magic Lanterns
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Devices for creating the illusion of continuous motion
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Motion Toys
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a toy in which partial pictures on the two sides of a card appear to merge when the card is twirled rapidly
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Thaumatrope
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A revolving disk on which figures drawn in different relative attitudes are seen successively, so as to produce the appearance of an object in actual motion, as an animal leaping, etc., in consequence of the persistence of the successive visual impressions of the retina. It is often arranged so that the figures may be projected upon a screen.
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Phenakistoscope
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a cylinder-shaped toy with a sequence of pictures on its inner surface which, when viewed through the vertical slits spaced regularly around it while the toy is rotated, produce an illusion of animation
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Zoetrope
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instrument, similar to the phenakistoscope, for presenting to view, or projecting upon a screen, images the natural motions of real objects.
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Praxinoscope
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Devices for the projection of still images (painted and/or draw)
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Magic Lanterns
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Devices for creating the illusion of continuous motion
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Motion Toys
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a toy in which partial pictures on the two sides of a card appear to merge when the card is twirled rapidly
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Thaumatrope
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A revolving disk on which figures drawn in different relative attitudes are seen successively, so as to produce the appearance of an object in actual motion, as an animal leaping, etc., in consequence of the persistence of the successive visual impressions of the retina. It is often arranged so that the figures may be projected upon a screen.
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Phenakistoscope
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a cylinder-shaped toy with a sequence of pictures on its inner surface which, when viewed through the vertical slits spaced regularly around it while the toy is rotated, produce an illusion of animation
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Zoetrope
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instrument, similar to the phenakistoscope, for presenting to view, or projecting upon a screen, images the natural motions of real objects.
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Praxinoscope
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An Englishman brought to California to help win a bet. He was the first person to break continuous action into multiple still pictures. He perfected his multiple-camera technique and for many years captured motion sequences of different things and mounted them on a phenakistiscope wheel and combined it with the magic lantern.
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Eadweard Muybridge
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Improved on Muybridges method by reducing the multiple cameras too one. His first design looked like a gun and spun the photographic plate like a revolver. He quickly improved on his own design, however, calling his new design the Chronophotgraphic Camera.
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Etienne-Jules Marey
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It was shaped like a box and was capable of shooting anywhere from 10fps to 40 fps and it used a paper film. Photography to the next level, cinematography.
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Chronophotographic Camera
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Created a new version of Celluloid film, it was thinner. stronger, and of the same width and quality from one batch to another. Founded Kodak.
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George Eastman
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Invented the Cinematographe
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Lumiere Brothers
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Shot at 16 fps on 35mm film. Was hand cranked. Was able to shoot, print and project its own film.
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Cinematographe
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Was the first film by the Lumiere Brothers, unlike Edisons short films this one filmed something ordinary and had movement with people coming onto the shot then leaving again.
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Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory (1895)
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A later Lumiere film that introduced the idea of the subject coming into the screen from a distance. Garnered strong reactions from the crowd
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Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat
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Viewed saw cinema as a way to entertain. Broadened its capabilities by using editing techniques like cutting. Gave cinema the tools of fantasy, illusion, and distortion
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Georges Melies
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Documented the world and set pattern for realism.
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Lumiere
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Introduced the idea of using more then one shot and more then one scene in films.
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Georges Melies
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Melies film that had 30 scenes and which successfully combined humor into a charming film full of trick effects. 1902
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A Trip to the Moon
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Introduced the concept of multiple shots per scene getting rid of the notion one shot equals one scene.
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Edwin Porter
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Introduced the "dream balloon" turning part of the movie screen into a "mind screen". Also introduces the concept of panning.
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Edwin Porter: Life of an American Fireman 1902
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