Video Production Timeline

Video Production Timeline By: Abby Norton

First Camera Invented • Joseph Nicephore Niepce invented the first camera in 1827. He created it by placing an engraving onto a metal plate coated in bitumen, and then exposed it to light.

First Handheld Camera Invented • Thomas Skaife may have been first with a camera he designed in 1858, along with a redesigned version from 1859 that he named the Pistolgraph.

First Video Recorder • The first video cameras were produced in the 1920s in support of the early television systems. John Logie Baird built a camera as part of his television system demonstrated in 1925.

First Digital Video Recorder • it is generally agreed that the DVR was invented in 1997 and the earlier PVR was invented in 1967, while only holding 30 seconds of video - it was revolutionary at the time.

First Movie Produced • "The Great Train Robbery" December 1, 1903

First Colored Movie Produced • The most well-known movies to use color were “The Wizard of Oz” and “Gone With the Wind”, both from 1939.

First Camera Phone Invented • In 1994 the camera company now well known as Olympus created a camera/cell phone product. While the process was slow compared to camera phones developed a few years later, the Olympus product did provide for moving images.

First Video Game Invented • William Higinbotham created the first video game ever in 1958. His game, called "Tennis for Two," was created and played on a Brookhaven National Laboratory oscilloscope.

First Music Video • The first music video was created in 1894

Video Production Timeline