Timeline for the history of film:
- In 1895, cinema began moving pictures projected onto a big screen.
- In 1877, Muybridge settled the bet by setting up a system of 12 separate stills cameras.
- In 1891, the American inventor Thomas Edison had perfected the Kinetoscope.
- In 1892, Emile Reynaud projected the first animated film on his Kinetoscope.
- In 1895, Robert W Paul and Bert Akers had invented the first British 35 millimeter camera .
- Robert W Paul demonstrated his projector the theatre graph on the 21st of February 1896 the same day that the Lumiere system was displayed in London.
- The Derby shot by Robert W Paul in June 1896 is one of the earliest examples of newsreel.
- In the 1900s, they are they seem to be variety acts but they’re actually filmed using cinematic techniques this was a very popular acting in France.
- Spanish film has been hand colored each separate frame individually painted since 1907.
- About 100 years ago, George Méliès imagined the future we’re heading towards a Channel Tunnel and George Méliè made a film about the Channel Tunnel.
- In 1897, George Melia built the world’s first film studio here in Montreuil.
- A studio was built by Charles Pathé in 1904 the glass ceiling allows natural daylight to flood in and they make a couple of films at the same time in the same studio.
- Pathé were producing 16 films a month employing up to 1700 people and with a worldwide distribution network a cottage industry became a global phenomenon.
- In 1900, George Smith showed special effect for the first time in film.
- In 1901, James Williamson for the chemist working in Hove and he also develops photographic film and film so this is how he started to know the pioneer filmmakers who work in the city. and he later went on to build a film studio this. He was one of the first filmmakers to develop multi shot films and also for dramatic effects cutting from one shot to another from differen cameras and different camera angles to create a dramatic effect.
- In Mary Jane’s mishap made in 1903 George employs a close-up.
- In 1897 a woman called Alice Guy-Blaché was making film history. here in France Alice Guy-Blaché became one of the world’s first female directors and producers when she started making film as with Gaumont.
- Alice Guy-Blaché began making films for Gaumont in either 1896 or 1897, and she’s a pioneer by either date.
- In 1903, Alice showed how do you introduce novelty into standard street scene. In Alice Guy-Blaché’s wonderful film the race for the sausage she shows complete mastery of the comedy chase.
- In 1905, Alice Guy-Blaché in Spain compared these people’s reaction to a camera with a modern crowd.
- In 1913, babies were often used as comic props in the film.
- A predominantly working-class entertainment the musical provided ready-made acts for the early years of cinema. Fred specialized in parodies of dramatic stories. In 1913 a British film company produced the Battle of Waterloo.
- By 1909, Georges méliès was outdated the action was so far away from the camera it was very difficult to get personality across.
- In 1901, Andre deed appeared in a couple of Georges méliès films and so studied camera tricks first hand. he was spotted on stage by Charles path, a founder of the path a film production company and was given a chance to star in his own films.
- Andre deed left passe in 1908, he joined eat ala an Italian film company.
- In 1912, these films not just always accompanied by music also had sound effects to them.
- Max Linder made his first film appearance in 1905.
- When Hollywood took over as the leader of world cinema the end of the Great War. The language of cinema was already fully formed. not only had film pioneers invented the moving picture camera and projector but also invented film techniques. Editing, fades, screen wipes, double exposure and early systems for color and camera movement.
- In 1923, Melies burned the 500 negatives of all his films.
- The trip to the moon shot in 1902 was one of the most famous films at the time you know, and this is the first ever worldwide success in fiction film and one of the most important science fiction film ever.
- World War one had claimed Max’s and his wife’s victims.
Timeline for the history of animation:
- In the seventeenth century with the magic lantern, the magic lantern was a machine. That projected images that could have parts that moved and were projected onto a screen in front of a wide audience. These moving images were considered as animation.
- The first actual animation would be in the eighteen hundreds was the former drug.
- The eighteen hundreds also gave birth to another animation contraption: Zorro.
- Now are in the nineteen hundreds now that video cameras are about, animation truly could start to exist on the big screen, start with humorous faces of funny faces.
- In 1914, the first characteristic animation come out, dirty, the dinosaur. It was the first smooth drawn animation with fully moving animals or creatures in good quality and a scene.
- In 1928, Steve by Willie is about the sound, the music in the animation, it was the first information to produce music as sound.
- The Wall Street crash of nineteen twenty nine. Because of the great Depression, more and more cartoons were being made, and people’s love for animation grew stronger. Because of this, it led to walk Disney producing something that will change animation forever.
- In 1947, Snow White was the first ever feature film to be created by Disney. The movie used a bunch of different and new techniques, like rotoscoping, a technique used to get real human movement.
- With loony tunes booming in nineteen sixty nine and claimation being Hollywood’s way of creating real looking monsters.
- From nineteen seventy nine to nineteen eighty three, two men will join Lucas Films and develop a new type of animation.
- In 1970, animation wasn’t just Cartoon Show the movie. It was also being used for advertisement, like the Avert the Crestter Bear advert.
- In 1986, Pixar was founded, the animation, CG. CTI means computer generative imagery. It is making animation using computers. Basically you would make your character out of triangle.
- In 1995, Animation was really booming, but Pixar releases a full feature, CGI film. We have the help of Disney called Toy Story, and boom the world with the new film.
- In 2009, director James Cameron creates the Avatar that was mainly, which created by CGI.
- In 2014, CGI became a dominant species of animation.
Timeline for the history of VFX:
- In 1993, stephen Spielberg’s Jurassic Park revolutionized computer graphics.
- In 1995, ilam created the first computer animated title character in the film Casper. The first feature length film made entirely by computer animation, and the first in a long history of box office hits for Pixar.
- In 2001, square Pictures created the 1 Hyper Real, fully computer generated feature film based on original designs.
- King Kong was remarkable for having the largest number of visual effect shots in a single film. And was awarded the Oscar for best visual effects in 2005.
My understanding of them:
Whether it is animation, film or FVX, their development and improvement is a step-by-step process. No matter how rudimentary these attempts or devices may seem at first, they evolve into stunning technologies through iteration and development. Animation, for example, began as a series of images viewed in succession, and has evolved into full-fledged 2D and 3D animation. Every small innovation and invention has the potential to advance the industry. In fact, we are also in the long river of history, and the current progress, which looks not so shocking, but can make animation more perfect. Virtual reality, for example, has the potential to dramatically change the way movies are watched. Once the virtual reality technology is perfected, it will have a great impact on the traditional way of watching movies, but the effect of watching movies and entertainment will be greatly strengthened. Meanwhile, in the future, once the motion capture technology is perfected, the creation cycle and cost of animation will be reduced to a great extent.
Reference:
Silent Film Locations, 2015. BBC Paul Mertons Weird and Wonderful World of Early Cinema. [online video]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87km5sFrIQQ [Accessed 8 Oct 2021].
Jack webb, 2014. History Of Animation Documentary. [online video]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sfzy05M-nzY [Accessed 8 Oct 2021].
World Documentary Channel, 2016. A History of CGI Characters – DOCUMENTARY. [online video]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZqSAYE5Mrw [Accessed 8 Oct 2021]