Timeline of the History of Video Production By: Haley Goss

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Ub Iwerks were the creators. http://www.pophistorydig.com/?tag=steamboat-willie

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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