Timeline of the History of Video Production

1. Timeline of the History of Video Production By: Haley Goss

2. First Photo Captured • Joseph Niepce made the first captured photo in 1827. • The photo was made by light rays craving it into a piece of metal. • http://inventors.about.com/od/pstartinventions/a/stilphotography.htm

3. Film roll camera • In 1888 the first Kodak camera with film roll was invented. • George Eastman was the founder. • It could capture 100 pictures on one film role. • http://inventors.about.com/od/estartinventors/ss/George_Eastman.htm

4. Thomas Edison • It began in 1888 • He invented… • The Kinetograph • The Kinetoscope • "I am experimenting upon an instrument which does for the eye what the phonograph does for the ear, which is the recording and reproduction of things in motion ...." • --Thomas A. Edison, 1888 • http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edmvhm.html

5. cinematopgraphe • Louis Lumiere was the inventor of the cinematographe • It was a motion camera, projector, and film processor. It was baseically a 3 in 1. • It was made in 1895. • First machine in U.S that showed movies • http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blmotionpictures.htm

6. First silent film • It was made in 1903 • The name was The Great Train Robbery. • It lasted 12 minutes • Thomas Edison directed the film, while Edwin Porter filmed it. • http://history1900s.about.com/od/1900s/qt/trainrobbery.htm

7. First Animation • The Humorous Phases of Funny Faces was the first animation • It only lasted 3 minutes • It was introduced in 1906 • J. Stuart Blackton was the inventor • http://movies.about.com/od/animatedmovies/a/history-animated-films.htm

8. Technicolor • It was a filter that used red and green to create color • The first film to use this was “The Gulf Between” • Aired in 1917 • http://www.ehow.com/about_5099040_history-black-white-film.html

9. Television Cameras • The first television camera was invented in the 1920’s • Created by Philo Taylor Farnsworth • It converted the image to an electrical signal • http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blvideo.htm

10. Power of Love • The Power of Love was the first 3D film introduced to an audience. • It was viewed in the Ambassador Hotel Theatre in Los Angeles • It aired on Sept. 27, 1922 • http://www.3dgear.com/scsc/movies/firsts.html

11. The first sound film • It was captured on October 6th, 1927 • The film was called The Jazz Singer. • The man who spoke in this film was Al Jolson. • The first words he spoke were, “Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain’t heard nothin’ yet!” – Al Jolson • http://www.essortment.com/history-first-talking-movie-21207.html

12. Steamboat Willie • Aired in Nov. 1928 • Walt Disney introduced Mickey Mouse in Steamboat Willie • When Mickey Mouse was driving the boat and whistling, it was the first time sound and animation were put together. • Walt Disney and UbIwerks were the creators. • http://www.pophistorydig.com/?tag=steamboat-willie

13. All Color Movie • It was the first movie that was in complete color • It aired in 1928 • It was called “The Viking” • http://www.ehow.com/about_5099040_history-black-white-film.html

14. First drive-in theatre • It opened in 1933 in Camden, New Jersey. • Richard Hollingshead was the mastermind behind it. • It cost 25 cents per person, 25 cents per car. • http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-drive-in-movie-theater-opens

15. Color Tv • It was introduced in 1938 • Introduced by George Valensi • First color television broadcast • http://www.high-techproductions.com/historyoftelevision.htm

16. First Commercial • It advertised Bulova watches and clocks • It aired on July 1, 1941 • Aired before a Brooklyn Dodgers Game • Only lasted 10 seconds • The picture that popped on the commercial • http://www.openculture.com/2013/08/watch-the-first-commercial-ever-shown-on-american-tv-1941.html

17. VTR • The first video tape recorder caught images from TV cameras in 1951. • The Ampex Corporation is the inventing team of the project. • http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blvideo.htm

18. Tennis for two • It was invented in 1958 • William Higginbotham was the inventor • First video game • It was set up in Upton, New York at the Brookhaven National Laboratory • http://www.pbs.org/kcts/videogamerevolution/history/timeline_flash.html

19. First Still Video • It was introduced in 1981 • It was the Sony Mavica single-lens reflex • It could hold up to 50 still video images and paly them back on a device • http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blvideo.htm

20. First Digital Camera • The first digital camera was introduced by Sony. • It was the Sony DCR-VX1000 • Came out in 1995 • http://www.ehow.com/facts_6038159_history-video-production-equipment.html

21. YouTube • YouTube was created on February 14, 2005 • The creators were Steve Chen, Jawed Karim and Chad Hurley • http://inventors.about.com/od/xyzstartinventions/a/YouTube.htm