The Timeline of Video Production By: Greylyn Tidwell

Fact 1!!! The first video ever made was of a horse running. It was a very short clip comprised of just a few images. https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120616190911AACLmGi

Fact 2 The first machine patented in the United States that showed animated pictures or movies was a device called the “Wheel of Life” or the “Zoopraxiscope”. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blmotionpictures.htm

Fact 3 The Frenchman Louis Lumiere is often credited for inventing the motion picture camera in 1895. But in truth, several others had made inventions similar to the camera around the same time. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blmotionpictures.htm

Fact 4 Today more photos are taken with phones than with point- and- shoot cameras. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/28/technology/personaltech/a-pocket-camera-even-pro-photographers-can-love-state-of-the-art.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Fact 5 As each person buys a cellphone with a camera the cost of pocket cameras go down. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/28/technology/personaltech/a-pocket-camera-even-pro-photographers-can-love-state-of-the-art.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Fact 6 Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, a Parisian who made a living as a bookseller, is the first person who captured sound. http://www.livescience.com/24317-earliest-audio-recording.html

Fact 7 The first recorded voice was not Thomas Edison's but someone who took a recording right before. http://www.livescience.com/24317-earliest-audio-recording.html

Fact 8 In the early days, film was the only medium available for recording television programs. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blvideo.htm

Fact 9 The first video ever made was in 1867 http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blmotionpictures.htm

Fact 10 The first video camera made was made in 1867 http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blmotionpictures.htm

Fact 11 The Lumiere brothers were inventors of the cinematographic process http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blmotionpictures.htm

Fact 12 Film colorization was made by Canadians Wilson Markle and Brian Hunt in 1983. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blmotionpictures.htm

Fact 13 The first animation ever was Mickey Mouse in Steamboat Willie. This was made November 18, 1928. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blmotionpictures.htm

Fact 14 The first film ever made with color and sound is “Cyrano de Bergerac” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpxlZrEnPz4

Fact 15 The first silent movie ever made was “ The Great Train Robbery” it was made in 1903 http://history1900s.about.com/od/1900s/qt/trainrobbery.htm

Fact 16 The silent movie was produced by Thomas Edison but was directed and filmed by Edison Company employee Edwin S. Porter. http://history1900s.about.com/od/1900s/qt/trainrobbery.htm

Fact 17 The silent movie was 12 minutes long because that was about as long as they could film at the time. http://history1900s.about.com/od/1900s/qt/trainrobbery.htm

Fact 18 The importance of editing was never paid much attention to in the 1800s and the early 1900s because filming was still fairly new back then. Now however it is essential in movie making. http://ths1.ttsd.k12.or.us/cs/studentwork08/rebe_hubbweb/1900.html

Fact 19 In the early 1900s you would see them act out parts over and over again because they needed to shoot from different angles unlike today when you can have multiple cameras and put it on one film. http://ths1.ttsd.k12.or.us/cs/studentwork08/rebe_hubbweb/1900.html

Fact 20 In the period of the 1900s it was a great time of discovery for films. They were learning how to edit, use backdrops, and find a different approach to the flow of time. http://ths1.ttsd.k12.or.us/cs/studentwork08/rebe_hubbweb/1900.html