Timeline of the History of Video Production

By: Hannah Harrell

By: Hannah Harrell

The first camera was invented by Alexander Wolcott. It was patted on May 8, 1840.

First Camera

http://photography.lovetoknow.com/First_Camera_Invented

The first movie made was “The Horse in Motion” by Eadward Muybridge in 1878.

http://www.stcharleslibrary.org/wordpress/movies/the-first-movies-ever-made/

The First Movie Ever Made

The flexible photograph film was invented by George Eastman in 1887.

http://www.high-techproductions.com/historyoftelevision.htm

The Flexible Photographic

Henry Miles came up with the idea to come up with video exchange instead of buying them in 1902.

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/film_chron.cfm

Video Exchange

J. Stuart Blackton made the first animation film in 1906 which he called “Humorous phrases of funny faces.”

First Animation

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blvideo.htm

In 1911 movie credits start to appear in movies.

Credits in Movies

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/film_chron.cfm

Steamboat Willie was the first cartoon. It was released on November 18, 1928.

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The First Cartoon

The first technicolor was introduce to the film Becky Sharp with a three color process in 1935.

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/film_chron.cfm

Technicolor

The first Disney movie was Snow White released on February 4, 1938.

http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/the-first-10-disney-movies-that-were-ever-made

First Disney Movie

The first video recorder that captured live images from TV cameras was in 1951.

http://www.joshuamosley.com/UPenn/courses/Ani/AnimationHistory.html

The First Video Tape Recorder

In 1952 Hollywood introduces 3-D and Cinerama.

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/film_chron.cfm

3-D Movies

MTV says “Video Killed the Radio Star” was the first music video made in the early 1960’s. Then music videos became more popular.

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?194966-What-was-the-first-music-video-ever-made

First Music Video Ever Made

In 1986 the worlds first IMAX premiers in Vancouver, Canada.

https://www.imax.com/corporate/history/

First IMAX

In 1987 half of the homes in America receive cable TV.

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/film_chron.cfm

TV’s in America

Released by Kodak in 1988 and the picture/video was stored on a floppy disk.

http://photography.lovetoknow.com/When_Was_the_First_Digital_Camera_Made

The First Digital Camera

The first DVD player was released in November of 1996.

First DVD player

http://www.whoinventedit.net/who-invented-the-dvd-player.html

The first movie released on DVD was 1996 version of The Twister.

http://answerparty.com/question/answer/what-was-the-first-movie-ever-to-be-released-on-dvd

First DVD Movie

The high definition TV was released on the market in 1998.

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/hdtv.htm

High Definition TV

The first Blue Ray Player was released on the market in 2002.

http://www.ask.com/question/when-was-blue-ray-invented

First Blue Ray Player

In November of 2004 the first full length IMAX 3D movie was the Warner Brothers movie the Polar Express.

https://www.imax.com/corporate/history/

First IMAX 3D Movie