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Théâtre Optique - Pauvre Pierrot and Autour d'une cabine 1888 -1890 - early visual media

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Sorry for the voice acting, but I'm from Ukraine and don't speak English well. Théâtre Optique 1888-1890 was a form of early visual media that revolutionized the way people entertained themselves. Théâtre Optique, also known as Optical Theatre, was an innovative system for presenting moving pictures that used hand-drawn images and an optical projector. It was developed by Émile Reynaud, a French scientist and inventor, and was a precursor to modern-day animation and cinema. Théâtre Optique was a small theater that could seat up to 50 people. The optical projector used a rotating drum with numerous slots, each holding a frame of a hand-drawn image. The images were painted on glass plates, and as the drum rotated, light was projected through the glass, creating the illusion of movement. The sound effects were added manually, using various props and instruments. The first public showing of Théâtre Optique was held in Paris in 1888, and it was an instant success. People flocked to ...
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Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince - Father of Cinematography?

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Sorry for the voice acting, but I'm from Ukraine and don't speak English well. Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince was a French inventor and the pioneer of cinematography, widely regarded as the "Father of Cinematography." Born in 1841 in Metz, France, Le Prince became interested in photography and motion picture technology at a young age. His innovative ideas and groundbreaking work laid the foundation for the birth of the modern film industry. Le Prince's first experiments with motion pictures were conducted in the 1880s. He used a single-lensed camera to capture a series of still photographs, which were then played back in rapid succession to produce the illusion of motion. He was the first person to use a single camera to produce a motion picture and was also one of the first to use the concept of "frame rates," which determines the speed of the motion in the final film. He made several short films that captured the movement of people and objects, includin...
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Electrotachyscope, Elektrischen Schnellseher, literally "Electrical Quick-Viewer" - early film technology

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Sorry for the voice acting, but I'm from Ukraine and don't speak English well. The Electrotachyscope, also known as the Elektrischen Schnellseher, was a revolutionary piece of early film technology developed by German inventor Ottomar Anschütz in the late 19th century. The name "Electrotachyscope" translates to "Electrical Quick-Viewer" in English, and it was designed to allow for the rapid viewing of short films. Anschütz was a prolific inventor, with a wide range of interests that included photography, optics, and electrical engineering. In the late 1870s, he began experimenting with a device that would allow for the rapid viewing of short films, and he eventually developed the Electrotachyscope. The Electrotachyscope was a hand-cranked device that used a series of lenses and mirrors to project moving images onto a screen. The images were created by a spinning disc that had a series of sequential photographs mounted on it. As the disc spun, the viewer woul...
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Chronophotography 1882-1890 - early film technology

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Sorry for the voice acting, but I'm from Ukraine and don't speak English well. Chronophotography, also known as time-sequence photography, is a type of photography that records a series of images over a period of time to analyze and understand movement. The development of chronophotography was an important milestone in the history of photography and film technology. Between 1882 and 1890, a number of prominent photographers and scientists made significant contributions to the field, including Eadweard Muybridge, Albert Londe, Étienne-Jules Marey, Georges Demeny, and Ottomar Anschutz. Eadweard Muybridge , an English photographer, is considered one of the pioneers of chronophotography. In 1872, he was commissioned by Leland Stanford, a wealthy businessman, to prove that a horse lifts all four hooves off the ground during a gallop. Muybridge used a series of cameras placed along a racetrack to capture images of the horse in motion, which he later combined into a sequence to demons...
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Vitascope 1897 - early film technology

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Sorry for the voice acting, but I'm from Ukraine and don't speak English well. The Vitascope was a film technology that was introduced in 1895 and allowed motion pictures to be projected onto a screen. Developed by Charles Francis Jenkins and Thomas Armat, it used a kinetoscope, which was a device that employed a spinning disk to display moving images. The Vitascope marked a departure from the earlier kinetoscope, which only allowed one person to view the moving images at a time, as it allowed large audiences to view these images on a bigger and clearer screen. The Vitascope made its public debut in New York City in April of 1896. It was well received by audiences and quickly gained popularity in other cities and entertainment venues. The Vitascope's introduction had a significant impact on the entertainment industry, leading to the development of other film technologies and playing a role in establishing motion pictures as a cultural and economic force. Please support me w...
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Kinora 1896 - precursors of film and movie

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Sorry for the voice acting, but I'm from Ukraine and don't speak English well. Kinora was a type of optical toy that was popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Despite its innovative design, it was not widely popular. The device used a series of photographs on celluloid strips that were hand-cranked to create the illusion of motion. This made it much more accessible to the general public than other early moving picture devices, such as the zoetrope, which were often large, expensive, and required a significant amount of technical knowledge to operate. Please support me with like, comment or repost. Despite its lack of widespread popularity, the Kinora played an important role in the development of motion pictures and the film industry. Its simple design and accessibility made it an ideal device for entertainment and education, providing audiences with their first taste of moving images as a form of entertainment. The popularity of the Kinora helped to popularize the...
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Eidoloscope 1895 - early film technology

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Sorry for the voice acting, but I'm from Ukraine and don't speak English well. The Eidoloscope, also known as the Eidoloscope-Panoptikon, was one of the earliest film projectors created by French wine grower Ezhen Lust and English vintner William Dixon in 1894-1895. The device was introduced to the press on April 21, 1895 and to the public on May 20th of the same year in a store located on Lower Broadway in New York. The Eidoloscope was designed by Lust and Dixon who, along with Woodville Lethem, a professor of chemistry, formed the Lambda Company to develop the projector. Please support me with like, comment or repost. One of the key features of the Eidoloscope was its ability to project films to a larger audience than its competitor, the Kinetoscope, as it only required one projector instead of six. The projector was designed to project images onto a wall or screen continuously, which allowed more people to watch the film at once. The device also had a special mechanism, know...
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