History Of video Production

1. History Of video Production By Laurel Wakefield

2. Video Camera • Half-Inch Reel To Reel Camera • In 1972, Akai made a premature version of a video recorder called a VCR, or a videocassette recorder. With this new invention, the VCR could hook onto the camera, and display images on the screen. People who used the VCR needed a cable to show the images they had recorded.

3. Video Camera • Video Cassette Camera • After a few years, in 1976, thanks to JVC, VCRs switched to VHS. That was the first shoulder-slung video camera. It was also the first VCR to use cassettes.

4. Video camera • Betamax • In 1982, Sony came out with a Betamax camera along with the first VCRs. The VHS and Betamax cameras were hard to handle and carry.

5. First camcorder • Shortly after Sony introduced the Betamax format, Sony and JVC came out with the first camcorder. Along with its camcorder, JVC introduced the Mini-VHS format.

6. Mini-digital video cassette • In the 1990s, Hitachi introduced the video digital cassette. This new format had higher quality. The video cassette was replaced by camcorders. These camcorders could record video onto DVD-Rs.

7. The 1800s • 1872-1877: A series of photographs can be viewed by stroboscopic disc

8. The 1800s • 1884:George Eastman invents flexible photographic film

9. The 1800s • 1887: Thomas Edison patents motion picture

10. The 1800s • 1895:In France, motion pictures were shown to the public

11. The 1900s • 1907:Used ray tube to make television images

12. The 1900s • 1923:Patent for the iconoscope

13. The 1900s • 1927:Began taking films with Al Johnson in “The Jazz Singer”

14. The 1930s • 1930s:RCA creates black and white broadcasting experiments

15. The 1930s 1936:First broadcast on television is made in London

16. The 1930s • 1938:George Valensi came up with the first idea for color television

17. 1945 • There were only nine working television sets in America. Four in New York, two in Chicago, two Los Angeles, and one in Philadelphia. • In October, Gimbel’s Department Store held the first large-scale television demonstration

18. 1946 • The Blue Network, which is part of NBC, becomes part of ABC • NBC and Gillette form the first known “television sports extravaganza” • In October, the Television Broadcasters Association announces that “television is ready to proceed on an expanded basis”

19. 1947 • “Howdy Doody”, a children’s show, premiered live on NBC for one-hour every Saturday • In March, FCC pushes off any final decisions about Color TV but reaffirms go-ahead on existing standards • NBC debuts “Meet The Press”, a show made for TV news

20. 1948 • “The Ed Sullivan Show”, makes its debut in June • Advertisers accept the medium: throughout the year, 933 sponsors bought TV time, a rise of 515% from the year 1947 • By the fall, FCC has issued 108 licenses for new TV stations. Hundreds more applications were pending • The earliest cable systems were made in remote areas in Pennsylvania and Oregon. • The newest TV series of radio comedy is sponsored by B.F. Goodrich • In September, Milton Berle makes his TV debut on “The Texaco Star Theater”

21. 1949 • In January, the number of TV stations grows to 98 • FCC adopts the Fairness Doctrine, making broadcasters responsible for finding and presenting every side of an issue while going over a controversy • U.S. Department of Commerce confirms TV’s selling power when it declares in May, +

22. Sources • http://www.ehow.com/facts_5304617_history-video-camera.html • http://www.high-techproductions.com/historyoftelevision.htm