Early History of Cinema Reflection

During the scope of this unit, I learned about Muybridge's contribution to the invention of motion pictures, the importance of the cinematograph, and why the movie industry ended up in Hollywood. Muybridge was a photographer and inventor who took successive pictures of a horse in motion as part of a bet. His series photography created the illusion of motion when shown in rapid succession, and they proved the principle of persistence of vision. The Lumiere brothers invented the cinematograph, and it was revolutionary because it made films a spectacle that could be shown to entire audiences, thus creating the need for theaters. In terms of the movie industry, it moved to Hollywood because independent filmmakers wanted to get away from Edison and his lawsuits, and so they moved to the other coast which had lots of terrains and sunshine. I still have questions about William Greene because I don't feel like we covered him that much, as well as the significance of color in the early films because I'm still confused on whether they were made with it, or it was added later. To improve the overall unit, I think it'd be cool to have a demonstration of the historical devices we have in the class when we get to the slide about it, because people don't really check them out on their own but would probably be interested from seeing it in person.