1. Early Cinema and editing techniques
The first public Kinetoscope demonstration took place in 1893. By 1894 the Kinetoscope was a commercial success, with public parlours established around the world.
The first to present projected moving pictures to a paying audience were the Lumière brothers in December 1895 in Paris, France. They used a device of their own making, the Cinématographe, which was a camera, a projector and a film printer all in one.
2. Select 3 Pioneers a visual blog post which highlights their achievements and innovations.
Edwin S. Porter
The film pioneer who work with Edison Manufacturing Company as vitascope projectionist he directed films include The Great Train Robbery (1903)
D.W. Griffith
The film director make a films include The Birth of Nations (1915) his editing techniques was the close up, cross cutting, panoramic filming and dissolves
Georges Méliès
was a French illusionist and film director who led many technical and narrative developments in the earliest days of cinema. Méliès was well known for the use of special effects, popularizing such techniques as substitution splices, multiple exposures, time-lapse photography, dissolves, and hand-painted colour.
Lumiere Brothers
were manufacturers of photography equipment, best known for their Cinématographe motion picture system and the short films they produced between 1895 and 1905. Their screening on 22 March 1895 for circa 200 members of the “Society for the Development of the National Industry” in Paris was probably the first presentation of films on a screen for a large audience.
Level 2 Media ( Film and TV production) 