The Evolution of Video Production

By: Sara Ottinger

1837

• The Daguerreotype makes its first successful picture in 1837.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eastman/peopleevents/pande10.html

1885

• American inventor, George Eastman film made on a paper base instead of glass, wound in a roll, eliminating the need of glass plates.

• http://buzz.bournemouth.ac.uk/history-film-timeline/

1887

• Thomas Edison patents motion picture camera.

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

1893

• Thomas Edison displays his Kinetoscope at the World’s Colombian Exhibition in Chicago and receives patents for his movie camera, The Kinetograph.

http://buzz.bournemouth.ac.uk/history-film-timeline/

1894

• The first commercial exhibition film took place on April 14,1894 at the first Kinetoscope parlor ever built.

http://buzz.bournemouth.ac.uk/history-film-timeline/

1896

• Edison shows his improved Vitascope Projector, and it was the first commercially, successful, projector in the U.S.

http://buzz.bournemouth.ac.uk/history-film-timeline/

1909

• There are about 9,000 movie theatres in the U.S. The typical film is only a single reel long, ten to twelve minutes in length.

http://buzz.bournemouth.ac.uk/history-film-timeline/

1915

• The Bell and Howell 2709 movie camera, known for its steadiness, allows directors to make close ups without physically moving the camera.

http://www.calkovsky.com/sold-bell-howell-2709-hand-crank-35mm-camera-hoover-dam-camera/

1927

• Talking films begin with Al Jolsen in The Jazz Singer.

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

1930’s

• RCA conducts black and white broadcasting experiences.

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

1936

• First television broadcast made available in London.

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

1938

• Initial proposal for color T.V. broadcast made by George Valensi.

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

1945

• There were fewer than 7,000 working T.V. sets in the country.

http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2007/TamaraTamazashvili.shtml

1947

• Howdy Doody premiers live on NBC in December.

http://www.skypoint.com/members/schutz19/doody.htm

1947

• In may, live theatre equivalent to the Broadway stage comes to T.V. on a regular commercially sponsored basis with the premier of “Kraft Television Theatre”.

http://books.google.com/books?id=CFXgj7a55agC&pg=PA1287&lpg=PA1287&dq=when+was+the+premier+of+kraft+television+theatre&source=bl&ots=3lBkQGYm_s&sig=YdqiLI-dJ8usEc_rhDlGBiyJX8o&hl=en&sa=X&ei=13JuUrr3Eeyx2wXui4HoBg&ved=0CFUQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=when%20was%20the%20premier%20of%20kraft%20television%20theatre&f=false

1953

• Color broadcasting officially arrives in the U.S.

http://www.kingoftheroad.net/colorTV/colortv-revolution.html

1979

• The original Sony Walkman Video Camera was invented and put on the market.

http://www.whenwasitinvented.org/when-was-the-sony-walkman-invented/

1994

• Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen form the film studio DreamWorks.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/background/amistad/dreamworks.html

2013

• Canon Vixia HF R series R42 is voted the best known video recorder today.

http://camcorders.toptenreviews.com/hdv/canon/canon-vixia-hf-r-review.html

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