There were many steps and people involved in making the first motion picture. The first steps in creating motion pictures started with identifying the illusions that make up a movie. The phi phenomenon and persistence of vision made up these optical illusions. Max Wertheimer discovered the phi phenomenon which is an optical illusion where stationary objects seem like they are moving by moving them fast enough in a certain sequence. Peter Mark Roget identified what is known as persistence of vision which is a phenomenon that allows you to not see the black spaces between the frames of a projected film. The invention of photography also is a huge step in creating motion pictures. Joseph Nicéphore Niépce took the first known photograph in 1826 and it kept improving since then and in 1839 the first positive photographic process was invented by Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre.
The next big step took place in 1888 when Thomas Edison wanted to create a phonograph but for the eyes. His assistant William Kennedy-Laurie Dickson did just that when he finished creating the kinetograph in 1892. The kinetograph is the first motion picture camera that uses the kinetoscope, which Dickson also invented, to view the motion picture. The kinetoscope only allowed one person to view it at a time through a peephole like device that showed about a 16 second clip. They used emulsion-coated celluloid film sheets that were invented by John Carbutt and later produced by George Eastman’s company. In 1892 Edison and Dickson built the first film production studio in the world in New Jersey where they would produce their films there. Two years later the first kinetoscope parlor was opened by Andrew Holland in New York City which allowed people to view motion pictures through the kinetoscope. There were quite a few limitations with the kinetograph and kinetoscope such as it could not move, required a lot of light, and only one person could watch it at a time.
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Then in 1895 Auguste and Louis Lumière invented the cinématograph which was another device that made movies and also projected them, it was basically the new and improved kinetograph and kinetoscope all in one. Woodville Latham had the official first public screening of a motion picture in May of 1895, but Auguste and Louis Lumière had the first successful public screening in December 1895 where they screened a series of 10 short films. That is just the beginning of the history of motion pictures and ever since then things have just kept improving until we got to where we are today.
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Motion pictures over the years have had lots of positive effects and were a big part in the evolution of technology. From the first public showings of motion pictures to now it still accomplishes the same sort of goal in bringing people together in a community to be entertained and have a good time. Without motion pictures we would not have been able to see and experience all the things we are able to today. Although there are many great things about motion pictures being invented there are also some negative effects. I think the main negative effects are the different messages that movies contain such as violence, controversial, or misinterpreted. Even though it can be argued I think that the pros outweigh the cons in motion pictures.
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