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  2. History of film technology - Wikipedia

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    The history of film technology traces the development of techniques for the recording, construction and presentation of motion pictures. When the film medium came about in the 19th century, there already was a centuries old tradition of screening moving images through shadow play and the magic lantern that were very popular with audiences in ...

  3. List of cinematic firsts - Wikipedia

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    U2 3D was the first live-action film to be shot, posted, and exhibited entirely in 3D, [129] the first live-action digital 3D film, [130] and the first 3D concert film. [131] Regarding its production, it was the first 3D film shot using a zoom lens , [ 132 ] an aerial camera , [ 133 ] and a multiple-camera setup . [ 130 ]

  4. History of film - Wikipedia

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    Predecessors to film that had already used light and shadows to create art before the advent of modern film technology include shadowgraphy, shadow puppetry, camera obscura, and the magic lantern. Shadowgraphy and shadow puppetry represent early examples of the intent to use moving imagery for entertainment and storytelling. [ 1 ]

  5. History of the Kinetograph, Kinetoscope, and Kinetophonograph

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    Considered the first book of history on the subject of film, it was published in 1895 as a monograph. The Museum of Modern Art acquired the book in 1940 and later reprinted it in 1970 and 2000. The book has been received positively by literary critics and film scholars, who saw it as a valuable primary source and early look at the film industry.

  6. Media History Digital Library - Wikipedia

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    Debbie Reynolds pictured on the cover of Photoplay, March 1954.Accessed via the Media History Digital Library. The Media History Digital Library (MHDL) is a non-profit, open access digital archive founded by David Pierce [1] and directed by Eric Hoyt that compiles books, magazines, and other print materials related to the histories of film, broadcasting, and recorded sound and makes these ...

  7. Timeline of historic inventions - Wikipedia

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    The Lower Paleolithic period lasted over 3 million years, during which there many human-like species evolved including toward the end of this period, Homo sapiens.The original divergence between humans and chimpanzees occurred 13 (), however interbreeding continued until as recently as 4 Ma, with the first species clearly belonging to the human (and not chimpanzee) lineage being ...

  8. List of motion picture film formats - Wikipedia

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    First known film is the first film (not including tests) made with the format and intended for release. Negative gauge is the film gauge (width) used for the original camera negative. Negative aspect ratio is the image ratio determined by the ratio of the gate dimensions multiplied by the anamorphic power of the camera lenses (1× in the case ...

  9. 1950s in film - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... The decade of the 1950s in film involved many significant films. ... Film, History of film, Lists of films; External lists