PowerPoint Presentation Origins of Motion Pictures

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The Contributions of Dr. Harold Edgerton 1903 -
1990 Flashes of Inspiration
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Eadweard Muybridge and The Stopping Re-creation
Of Motion
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Origins of Motion Pictures

• Persistence of Vision
• Toys

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Sir Mark Rogets Theory of the Persistence of
Vision
The Mind Retains an Image Slightly Longer Than
the Eye Sees It. (Approximately 1825)
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Mechanical/Optical Devices Prior to Motion
Pictures
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Some Key Early Inventions Zoetrope A slotted
Cylinder with Drawings Praxinoscope A
Configuration of Mirrors with
Drawings Zoopraxiscope Muybridges Version
With His Photos (Drawings)
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The Two Primary Inventors ofThe Technology of
Motion Pictures
In France,The Lumiere Brothers Characteristics
Hand Cranked Cam 16 frs/sec The
Cinematograph- Theatrical viewing - Large
Screen Projection
In America, Thomas Edison CharacteristicsElec.
Driven Camera35 mm filmThe Kinetescope - one
viewer playback.
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SOME EARLY EDISON SHORTS Fred Otts
Sneeze 1891 Annie Oakley Shooting 1894
SOME EARLY LUMIERE SHORTS Workers Leaving a
Factory 1895 Feeding the Baby 1896
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• Important Early American Short
• 1903 The Great Train Robberyby Edwin S. Porter
  (Edison Co.)
• Important Early French Short
• 1902 A Trip to the Moon by George Melies