Evolution of Film

To think how far we've come with technology... today's videos may not have been as exciting as Monday's class but they were extremely fascinating. Knowing that the start of multiple frame photography was in 1877 by Eadweard Muybridge and to see the transition in just a few short years to actual moving picture was amazing. Even though the short clip of Monkeyshines1 wasn't much to look at, just being able to view history that way was pretty incredible. Some of the other machines that seem like they would have compared with our ipods of today were the zoetrope and kinetophone. I never knew that color was hand painted into films...talk about time consuming!! I especially enjoyed the short of the Golden Beetle, the hand painting was beautiful as well as being able to see the different techniques that were used with transparency. It will definitely be a challenge to put our own creativity to the test with the flip books that are due in a couple weeks, especially after watching the last clip we watched in class!