RTF 306 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Eadweard Muybridge, Thomas Edison, Optical Illusion
12 Dec 2019
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Thaumatrope (1825)- an optical illusion where two sides of circular paper are twisted to make a picture. Zoetrope (1833)- a wheel with paper strips of individual pictures, that while spun creates a moving picture. Phenakistoscope (1833)- disk while spun creates an illusion of movement. Magic lantern (1870)- projection of light and slides to make moving images. Very common and the beginning of group viewings of performance. Known by many names: edward muggeridge,e. j. muggeridge, helios, etc. 1877 test- famous horse photographs that show horse is off of hooves. In 1875: acquitted of killing his young wife"s lover. Research lab devoted to make the latest invention. Saw the economic potential of the motion picture in relation to the recorded sound. The first movies were a form of cheap entertainment for them. Grand cafe paris: dec, 1895- one of the earliest showing of movies to an audience. 90% of films made before 1927 no longer exist.
