1. VIDEO TIMELINE Jakob Hearne

2. 1832 In 1832 Joseph Plateau invented the Fanta scope—also called Phenakistiscope or "spindle viewer"—that simulated motion. http://www.cyclopaedia.fr/wiki/Phenakistoscope

3. 1867 Actually, the original inventor of the Zoetrope was the mathematician William George Horner, who created a device consisting of a roll of paper with drawings on it, which was placed inside a turning drum, perforated right around with slots, creating the impression of movement. http://animatedcartoons.blogspot.com/

4. 1890 The history of film began in the 1890s, with the invention of the first motion-picture cameras and the establishment of the first film production companies and cinemas. http://www.freebase.com/m/02xbj

5. 1891 Thomas Edison invented the first camera to ever record video http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/history-of-film-and- video-production http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/history-of-film-and- video-production

6. 1895 The world cinema was born on December 28, 1895 in Paris, France. http://jlbmedia.com/video-production-history

7. 1895 The first special effect in video was made. http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/history-of-film-and- video-production http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/history-of-film-and- video-production

8. 1897 The first rotating camera for taking panning shots was built in 1897. http://www.writeopinions.com/history-of-film

9. 1904 Slow motion (commonly abbreviated as slow Mo) is an effect in film-making whereby time appears to be slowed down; It was invented by the Austrian priest August Musger in the early 20th century. http://www.zmescience.com/tag/slow-motion/

10. 1905 The first successful permanent theatre showing only films was "The Nickelodeon" in Pittsburgh in 1905. http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/history-of-film- 54eac39b-6f65-4bdf-81e7-eaeb4ca16f50

11. 1913 The first "talking movie" is demonstrated by Edison using his Kinetophone process, a cylinder player mechanically synchronized to a film projector. http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/3803

12. 1927 The films of the 1890s were under a minute long and until 1927, motion pictures were produced without sound. http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/film-history-af609772- 5b9f-43b7-a129-cefc95097ce3

13. 1928 In 1928, Disney's "Steamboat Willie" popularized animated cartoons with synchronized sound and picture. http://www.life123.com/arts- culture/television/cartoons/cartoon-history.shtml

14. 1928 The Golden Age of animation started in late 1928 and ended arguably near the early 1960s, when hand-drawn animation was at its height. http://www.life123.com/arts- culture/television/cartoons/cartoon-history.shtml http://www.life123.com/arts- culture/television/cartoons/cartoon-history.shtml

15. 1929 Milton Berle claimed that he was involved in a very early television experiment in Chicago, Illinois, in 1929. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0004972/trivia

16. 1949 The first animation television series was produced. http://animation.filmtv.ucla.edu/NewSite/WebPages/Historie s.html

17. 1951 CBS Broadcasts First Color Program. http://history1900s.about.com/od/1950s/qt/Color-TV.htm

18. 1956 The Ampex Corporation used magnetic tape technology pioneered by German scientists during World War II to create the first video tape recorder, the Ampex VRX-1000, introduced in 1956. http://www.ehow.com/facts_6038159_history-video- production-equipment.html

19. 1960 The first computer animations were stabilized in 1960. http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/video-production\

20. 1977 The “Laser Disk” also known as DVD’s were produced in 1977. http://prezi.com/dbv_o0bcbzyf/history-of-video-production/