History And Evolution of Film

 Origin of Film

Film, or motion picture is now something very common. But like all things, it also experienced its origin, modification and evolution, and has an entire history.

The zoopraxiscope was one of the earlier pillars in development of motion picture. It was invented by a British photographer named Eadweard Muybridge, It was first displayed in 1879, and it can be called a primitive version of later motion picture devices which worked by showing a sequence of stills (photographs) in a rapid succession, presented in a smooth way that gave them somewhat meaning.

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The kinetoscope was also a form of progress in the evolution of film. It is an early motion picture device. Films were viewed through a peephole, and only one person could view at a time. It created an illusion of movement. It was invented by Thomas Edison in 1888, with huge contributions and development by his employee William Kennedy Laurie Dickson between 1889 and 1892.

Lumiere brothers were two French brothers who had sown the seeds of film. They were French inventors, and they were the earliest manufacturers of photographic equipment. They laid the foundation for years of films to come, as they framed and worked out an early motion picture camera, and a projector. This was named the Cinematographe, and hence, the word cinema is derived from this name.

The two brothers generated what is considered the first motion picture, it was called La Sortie des ouvriers de l'usine Lumiere (which roughly translates to "Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory") It was produced in 1895.