History of Video Production

1. History of Video Production By: Anna Morgan

2. 1500`s • The pinhole camera was invented by the Chinese in the 1500’s but was thought of way before that. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/how-islamic-inventors-changed-the-world-469452.html

3. 1727 • Johann Schulze, a German physicists, discovered that silver salts turn dark when exposed to light www.digitalhistory.uh.edu

4. 1878 • 1878 British photographer Eadweard Muybridge takes the first successful photographs of motion, showing how people and animals move.  http://www.masters-of-photography.com/M/muybridge/muybridge_articles1.html

5. 1887 • Thomas Edison patents motion picture camera. www.high-techproductions.com/historyoftelevision.htm

6. 1888 •  George Eastman introduces the lightweight, inexpensive Kodak camera, using film wound on rollers.  www.high-techproductions.com/historyoftelevision.htm

7. 1891-1895 • Dickson shoots numerous 15 second motion pictures using Edison's motion picture camera www.high-techproductions.com/historyoftelevision.htm

8. 1897 • The first television camera employed early versions of the cathode ray tube invented in 1897 http://www.ehow.com/facts_6038159_history-video-production-equipment.html#ixzz2fLhwl7cl

9. 1907 • Use of cathode ray tube to produce television images www.high-techproductions.com/historyoftelevision.htm

10. 1938 • Initial proposal for color TV broadcast made by George Valensi in 1938. http://www.high-techproductions.com/historyoftelevision.htm

11. 1951 • In 1951, the first video tape recorder captured live images from television cameras by converting the information into electrical impulses and saving the information onto magnetic tape. • www.rippleeffectproductions.com/content/?page_id=724‎CachedSimilar

12. 1995 • The first DV camcorder was the Sony DCR-VX1000, introduced in 1995. http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/CorporateInfo/History/sonyhistory-f.html

13. 1953 Color broadcasting officially arrives in the U.S. on Dec. 17 www.high-techproductions.com/historyoftelevision.htm

14. 1956 • The video camera as it is known today is able to record images and sound. The first demonstration of this capability took place on 14 April 1956. Ray Dolby, Charles Ginsberg, and Charles Anderson invented the first machine to record both images and sound. • www.wisegeek.org/who-invented-the-video-camera.htm‎

15. 1964 • Sony EV format CLB 1B • Portable video device • Developed by sony www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/film_chron.cfm‎

16. 1972 • The RCA Company led production of early video production equipment in the United States and invented the first handheld mobile video production camera, the TK-44, in 1972. http://www.ehow.com/facts_6038159_history-video-production-equipment.html#ixzz2fLhwl7cl

17. 1973 • Capacitance Electronic Disc • First disc to store video • Developed by RCA www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/film_chron.cfm‎

18. 1975 • The first commercially available video cassette recorder was the Sony Betamax, introduced in 1975. http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/vcr.html

19. 1976 • VHS • Stored a few hours of video and was mostly used for movies • Developed by RCA www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/film_chron.cfm‎

20. 1977 • Laser production • This was early DVD format • Developed by Philips, MCA, and pioneer www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/film_chron.cfm‎

21. 1980’s • Camcorders became available to the general public in the 1980s www.wisegeek.org/who-invented-the-video-camera.htm‎