1878 – Senator Leland Stanford hires Edweard Muybridge to photograph a galloping horse to determine whether all four of its legs ever leave the ground simultaneously.
1880 – Muybridge projects photographs of a galloping horse in succession with a device known as the Zoogyroscope – later known as the Zoopraxiscope.
1889 – Augustin Le Prince patents a motion picture camera using film carried by paper.
1890 – After perfecting the camera and projector, Le Prince mysteriously disappears from a Paris-bound train. He is never seen again.
1895 – Auguste and Louis Lumiere patent and later demonstrate the Cinematographe in Paris, France. Their first film showing is “The Arrival of a Train at Le Ciodad” Coincidence?
This blog is designed for Rochester City School students at the School of the Arts in support of their classes: Playwriting & Film Studies.
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