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| Thomas Edison | The inventor of the Kinetograph in |
| Lumiere Brothers | The inventor of the Cinematographe in 1895, producing the first "portable" camera that also served as a projector. |
| Cinematographe | Invented by the Lumiere Brothers in 1895, this device was the first mobile camera that also served as a projector. |
| Kinetograph | Invented by Thomas Edison in 1891, this device worked as a film (motion picture) camera and went on tour shortly there after and sparked innovation around the world. |
| Kinetoscope | Invented by Thomas Edison in 1895, this device served as the viewing mechanism to go along with its camera counterpart. |
| Eadweard Muybridge | An english photographer who took a bet with the governor of California in 1977 to prove that when a horse runs that all four hooves leave the ground at once; used 12 cameras with trip wires. |
| Sally Gardner | This was the name of the horse that ran and tripped the wires for Eadweard Muybridge's experiment, producing the first "motion" picture. |
| FPS | This stands for "frames per second" and means the number of physical frames that are played in one second of video; determines how smooth or choppy the content appears. |
| Zoetrope | A small toy from the 1800s that played illustrations back and created the illusion of motion between frames. |
| D.W. Griffith | The one of the original prominent directors in the United States; produced the controversial film, Birth of a Nation. |
| Walt Disney | He was an early animator in the early 1930s, working over a lifetime to build one of the largest animation powerhouse companies on Earth, today. |
| George Melies | He created the film A Trip to the Moon in 1902, showing viewers what happens when a few men get into a rocket and appear on a new planet. This cronicles their journey there and back. |
| Trip to the Moon | This film was put together by George Melies in 1902, and it showcases no camera movement, black and white film, no dialog, over-the-top acting. |
| MOS | A term used on a camera slate when a scene or shot is captured without recorded sound; Mit Out Sound" meaning there is no sound recorded. |
| Score/Playback | Silent films were not captured with sound and instead the film would play in a theatre while a band or accompaniest would play instruments live in the room. |
| Persistence of Vision | The process in our brain of holdinng on to key information a second longer than it appears in front of us, streaking action together in our minds. |
| Optical Illusion | Something that deceives the eye by appearing to be other than it is. |
| Nickelodeons | These were small viewing devices in small shops and around towns where people could view short video-only programing for a small price; single person viewing only. |
| Black Maria | This was the first official film studio owned by Thomas Edison with a rotation 'stage' located in New Jersey. |
| Match Cutting | Cutting between continuous action in the same scene, meaning that the action appears fluid and continuous from shot to shot. |
| Parallel Shooting | Capturing two different actors with similar framed shots to make cutting between them seamless and smooth. |
| Point of View | When an actor looks the camera cuts to what they’re looking at, and then cuts back to the actor’s reaction. |
