1. Timeline of The History of Video Production By Will Norton

2. 1878 A British photographer named Eadweard Muybridge takes the first good photographs of motion, showing how people and animals move. Source: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonlin e/film_chron.cfm http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonlin e/film_chron.cfm

3. 1887 Hannibal Goodwin invents film Source: http://web.bryant.edu/~ehu/h364proj/fall_97 /barcelos/timeline.htm http://web.bryant.edu/~ehu/h364proj/fall_97 /barcelos/timeline.htm

4. 1891 Thomas Edison invents first motion picture device. Source: http://www.leavealegacytoday.com/the- history-of-photography-and-videography.html http://www.leavealegacytoday.com/the- history-of-photography-and-videography.html

5. 1894 Edison Manufacturing Company begins selling Kinetoscopes to the public Source: http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/ bl_Edison_Motion_Pictures.htm http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/ bl_Edison_Motion_Pictures.htm

6. 1892 The Black Maria, first motion picture development studio, is built. Source: http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/ bl_Edison_Motion_Pictures.htm http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/ bl_Edison_Motion_Pictures.htm

7. 1901 Kodak introduces first 120mm film Source: http://www.leavealegacytoday.com/the- history-of-photography-and-videography.html http://www.leavealegacytoday.com/the- history-of-photography-and-videography.html

8. 1914 The World, the Flesh and the Devil, the first color film, is released. Source: http://www.leavealegacytoday.com/the- history-of-photography-and-videography.html http://www.leavealegacytoday.com/the- history-of-photography-and-videography.html

9. 1915 William Fox creates the Fox Film Corporation, bringing motion picture production, distribution, and theaters into one business. Source: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonlin e/film_chron.cfm http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonlin e/film_chron.cfm

10. 1917 Introduction of Technicolor Source: http://web.bryant.edu/~ehu/h364proj/fall_97 /barcelos/timeline.htm http://web.bryant.edu/~ehu/h364proj/fall_97 /barcelos/timeline.htm

11. 1923 Kodak introduces the 16mm film, a cheap alternative. Source: http://www.leavealegacytoday.com/the- history-of-photography-and-videography.html

12. 1926 First motion picture negative duplicator is invented to duplicate film negatives without the use of a secondary camera. Source: http://www.leavealegacytoday.com/the- history-of-photography-and-videography.html http://www.leavealegacytoday.com/the- history-of-photography-and-videography.html

13. 1934 First drive-in movie theater created in New Jersey Source: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonlin e/film_chron.cfm http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonlin e/film_chron.cfm

14. 1936 RCA begins experimental video broadcasts from the Empire State Building Sources: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonlin e/film_chron.cfm http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonlin e/film_chron.cfm

15. 1939 Philo Farnsworth develops first form of video recording system. Source: http://www.mhprofessional.com/downloads/ products/0071791361/0071791361_chap01.p df http://www.mhprofessional.com/downloads/ products/0071791361/0071791361_chap01.p df

16. 1950 Television begins to takeover movie industry Source: http://web.bryant.edu/~ehu/h364proj/fall_97 /barcelos/timeline.htm http://web.bryant.edu/~ehu/h364proj/fall_97 /barcelos/timeline.htm

17. 1951 Ampex Corporation invents first practical video tape recorder. Source: http://www.mhprofessional.com/downloads/ products/0071791361/0071791361_chap01.p df http://www.mhprofessional.com/downloads/ products/0071791361/0071791361_chap01.p df

18. 1956 Ampex releases their VX-1000 to the public. Source: http://www.ehow.com/facts_6038159_history -video-production-equipment.html http://www.ehow.com/facts_6038159_history -video-production-equipment.html

19. 1965 KODAK introduces Super 8mm film to public Source: http://motion.kodak.com/motion/Products/Pr oduction/Spotlight_on_Super_8/Super_8mm_ History/index.htm http://motion.kodak.com/motion/Products/Pr oduction/Spotlight_on_Super_8/Super_8mm_ History/index.htm

20. 1971 Sony releases first VCR Source: http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/ blvideo.htm http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/ blvideo.htm

21. 1977 Lucas Arts and Lucasfilm produce the first movie of the Star Wars saga, A New Hope. Source: http://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie- reviews/star-wars-episode-iv-a-new-hope http://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie- reviews/star-wars-episode-iv-a-new-hope

22. 1983 Sony releases first models of camcorder Source: http://www.rewindmuseum.com/vintagecamc order.htm http://www.rewindmuseum.com/vintagecamc order.htm

23. 1985 Quantel introduces Harry, an effects compositing system Source: http://www.netribution.co.uk/guides/from- razor-blade-to-desktop-a-history-of-video- editing http://www.netribution.co.uk/guides/from- razor-blade-to-desktop-a-history-of-video- editing

24. 1994 Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen develop DreamWorks Studios Source: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonlin e/film_chron.cfm http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonlin e/film_chron.cfm

25. 2011 DICE introduces new frostbite engine. Source: http://www.frostbite.com/about/history/ http://www.frostbite.com/about/history/