The Lumiere Brothers: Crash Course Film History #3
As cinema started to take off, things like "single viewer" devices weren't going to cut it as the medium advanced. In this episode of Crash Course Film History, Craig talks to us about the...
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Hi. I'm the internet's Craig. This is Crash Course Film History. Based on what you’ve probably heard, or read, or… what I told you last time, you’re probably under the impression that the development of modern film technology is all thanks to famous inventor Thomas Edison, and his less-than-famous employee, William Dickson. You're wrong. I can't believe how wrong you are. Together, these guys developed two of the first commercially-viable film technologies: the kinetograph – basically a camera – and the kinetoscope – a single-viewer exhibition device that you use to watch kinetograph films. But guess what? As was often the case with Edison, a lot of the credit that’s given to him also belongs to a great many other people. ...not...
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Hi. I'm the internet's Craig. This is Crash Course Film History. Based on what you’ve probably heard, or read, or… what I told you last time, you’re probably under the impression that the development of modern film technology is all thanks to famous inventor Thomas Edison, and his less-than-famous employee, William Dickson. You're wrong. I can't believe how wrong you are. Together, these guys developed two of the first commercially-viable film technologies: the kinetograph – basically a camera – and the kinetoscope – a single-viewer exhibition device that you use to watch kinetograph films. But guess what? As was often the case with Edison, a lot of the credit that’s given to him also belongs to a great many other people. ...not...
