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History of film
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The history of film chronicles the development of a visual art form created using film technologies that began in the late 19th century.
Eadweard Muybridge's The Horse in Motion cabinet cards utilized the technique of chronophotography to study motion.
Eadweard Muybridge's The Horse in Motion cabinet cards utilized the technique of chronophotography to study motion.
A frame from the Lumière brothers staged comedy film, L'Arroseur Arrosé (1895)
A frame from the Lumière brothers staged comedy film, L'Arroseur Arrosé (1895)
Georges Méliès (left) painting a backdrop in his studio
Georges Méliès (left) painting a backdrop in his studio
Still from The Great Train Robbery, produced by Edwin S. Porter
Still from The Great Train Robbery, produced by Edwin S. Porter
Cinematography
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Cinematography is the art of motion picture photography.
Arri Alexa, a digital movie camera
Arri Alexa, a digital movie camera
Georges Méliès (left) painting a backdrop in his studio
Georges Méliès (left) painting a backdrop in his studio
Live recording for TV on a camera with a Fujinon optical lens.
Live recording for TV on a camera with a Fujinon optical lens.
A deep focus shot from Citizen Kane (1941): everything, including the hat in the foreground and the boy (young Charles Foster Kane) in the distance, i
A deep focus shot from Citizen Kane (1941): everything, including the hat in the foreground and the boy (young Charles Foster Kane) in the distance, is in sharp focus.