Timeline of the History of Video Production

1. Timeline of the History of Video Production By: Katherine stoeckl

2. ~1830s • A French Inventor named Louis Daguerrre placed a sheet of silver-coated copper treated with iodine inside a camera and exposed it to an image , thus developing the first practical method of photography. • http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/film_chron.cfm

3. ~1832 • January 1, 1832: the earliest animation. • http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/history-of-film-and-video-production *note this is not the earliest animation ; its just cute..

4. ~1839 • William H. Fox Talbot made paper sensitive to light by putting it in a mixture of silver nitrate and salt. The paper turned dark when exposed to light and created a negative. The negative would be used to print positives on other sheets of light sensitive paper. • http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/film_chron.cfm

5. ~1957 • Russell Kirsch produced the first digital • image on a computer. • http://www.leavealegacytoday.com/the-history-of-photography-and-videography.html

6. ~1877 • Thomas Edison was the first person to record and playback the human voice using a phonograph. • A phonograph is a combination of the telephone and telegraph. • http://www.videointerchange.com/audio_history.htm

7. ~1889 • Thomas Edison and W. K. Dickson develop the Kintescope. A Kintescope is peepshow device in which film moves past light. • http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/film_chron.cfm

8. ~1891 • The first camera to ever record video • was invented by Thomas Edison. • http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/history-of-film-and-video-production

9. ~1900 • The first video with sound was produced. • http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/history-of-film-and-video-production

10. ~1905 • On January 1, 1905, the first film with color is produced. • http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/history-of-film-and-video-production

11. ~1936 • The first television broadcast made available in London. • http://www.high-techproductions.com/historyoftelevision.htm

12. ~1938 • George Valensi made the first proposal for color TV broadcast. http://www.high-techproductions.com/historyoftelevision.htm

13. ~1895 • The first public demonstration of motion pictures is displayed in France. • http://www.high-techproductions.com/historyoftelevision.htm

14. ~1951 • On January 1, 1951, the videotape was invented. http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/history-of-film-and-video-production

15. ~1972 • HBO begins on cable television. • http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/film_chron.cfm

16. ~1978 • The first point-and-shoot, autofocus camera is developed. • http://www.leavealegacytoday.com/the-history-of-photography-and-videography.html

17. ~1980 • The first consumer camcorder was produced by Sony. • http://www.leavealegacytoday.com/the-history-of-photography-and-videography.html

18. ~1984 • Canon releases the first ever electronic still/digital camera. http://www.leavealegacytoday.com/the-history-of-photography-and-videography.html

19. ~1985 • Pixar introduces the first digital imaging processor. It uses computer algorithms to preform image processing on digital images. • http://www.leavealegacytoday.com/the-history-of-photography-and-videography.html

20. ~1990 • The first Photo CD is introduced by Kodak. It can store digital images easily. • http://www.leavealegacytoday.com/the-history-of-photography-and-videography.html

21. ~2008 • Polaroid announces the discontinuance of instant film products. This leads to a boom in digital imaging technology. • http://www.leavealegacytoday.com/the-history-of-photography-and-videography.html