The First Movie Camera: Crash Course Film History #2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- After serial photography became a thing, it wasn't long before motion pictures started to develop. And, at the front of that development was Thomas Edison, who you may know as an inventor and business person. In this episode of Crash Course Film History, Craig talks to us about Edison, his assistant W.K.L. Dickson, and their inventions that pioneered motion pictures.
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I love how the text bits are designed like a film script. Very neat addition!
Thought Cafe really nailed it! :)
- Nick J.
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Stephen Louis I
Is that Chronophotographic Gun (Awesome!) the reason we say we "shoot" films?
Presumably yes.
Sweet.
Film came in to prominence around the time that clay pigeon shooting was also becoming a pass time. Some people believe this cross over is where the terminology comes from.
Yes, Thomas Edison was a brilliant inventor, but can CrashCourse please acknowledge that despite several great accomplishments: Edison actively stole ideas or screwed over several of his assistants out of pay? Or if he was faced with competition, rather than try to devise a better product he attempted to sabotage competition?
Jaydoggy531 why? We are they are mainly talking about film here
I like Edison so much I don't believe he stole ideas
@@robinolsen185 he was still kind of jerk tho, like acdc thing proves it
@@haruki5360 Motion capture was invented by Louis Le Prince
Edison was undoubtedly important, influential and innovative. But again, no mention of Louis Le Prince - the man who actually did develop the first successful single-lens camera in 1888 when he shot Roundhay Garden Scene. Le Prince was in with Muybridge experimenting with motion pictures back in Leeds in the 1870s and 1880s. There were indications Le Prince even had the intention to show his film to audiences in America, but it's difficult to conclude if this was for entertainment or (more likely) scientific purposes.
But he seems to have been wiped from film history, for some reason. It all gets boiled down to "Edison, Dickson and some experimental guys before him"
Why didn't you mention Louis Le Prince? He invented a single lens camera which he used to shoot his first film in 1888, years before Edison...
Yeah, They are ignoring him
This comment is old, but I just did a presentation on Le Prince and this not including him made me real mad. My respect for this series went down a lot. If you are going to talk about history of the motion picture in a educational way for god's sake, not mentioning our man Louis is a disgraceful.
Watch the next episode.
love the mini "Gasp!"
love you Craig, killing it with this series, was more than exited when I realized this was your New topic and thus I've not been disappointed, thanks guys!
The ancient Vines.
this helped me immensely in my film class! I am so happy that crash course exists! Makes studying more fun for me!!!!
I'm so excited for the rest of the series!
Please do an entire episode on 2001: A Space Odyssey!!
...are you sitting down? ;)
- Nick J.
How about Tommy Wiseau's The Room?
Drakost What about Neil Breen's films? They're revolutionary!
YEEASSSSS
All the talk about kinetoscopes made reminded me about Bioshock Infinite and how Jeremiah Fink resembles Thomas Edison. Not like they are totally the same, but they definitely have some similar traits.
I am going to take a class call art of film so this is going to be great!
I don’t know Edison also play a part at film history, lesson learned.
"That delicious illusion of motion"
Russian Ark come to mind when single long take films were mentioned.
what about the Lumiere brothers?
There are a lot of short films of those avaiable legally on TH-cam, you should put some link in the description, maybe some playlist. It would be awesome to learn about films and have the opportunity to watch them directly to have an idea.
I suggest my favourite: BOXING CATS th-cam.com/video/k52pLvVmmkU/w-d-xo.html
i really like the knowledge you put in those videos! The only thing that you can improve on is to talk slower so everyone can folllow.
Does anyone know why did they chose the National Federation of Women's Club in NYC to show their work for the first time?
i wait for polish subtitles :(
Crash Course recommends that you turn it to 11? Someone please explains this to me.
Like if you watch Film Riot
ahhh so Kino, or cinema in german, comes from kinetoscope
I'm guessing the Lumiere Brothers will be featured in the next episode, but no mention of Louis Le Prince?
fun fact: louis le prince invented the motion picture camera. Edison had him "mysteriously disappear" on a train (which was on the way to premiere his work)
if ur reading this drink some water !!! gotta stay hydrated pals
Thanks for the tip dude.
Two years too late
Couldn't tell if Craig loves movies or not 😉🎥
Louis Le Prince is the real inventor, the only problem is, his patents registered in France and Britain were not considered international patients as he did not demonstrate to the Public of his device, he of course planned to go the US and demostrate his camera, taking along him all the papers involving of his patent working Camera in which it along with him disappeared never to be seen again. While the Camera didn't disappear since he was not taking the camera with him when he disappeared, legally by law his wife couldn't be allowed to demonstrate his product until after a certain period of time, but by then Thomas Edison had demonstrated his camera to the world.
> The Story of the Kelly Gang from 1906 is credited as being the first feature length film.
If you are wondering what The Kelly Gang was, pop on over to Extra History: th-cam.com/video/a1WmidFwFzY/w-d-xo.html
If anyone's interested in the clip of the lady dancing in at 3:01, her name was Loïe Fuller and there was a biopic recently made about her called La Danseuse by Stéphanie Di Giusto. It's a gorgeous film, worth checking out.
Hey! remember when edison falsely copyrighted Melies's whole film catalogue as his!? what a great man!
Yep. We'll be discussing that in our episode on Melies.
MOM! Craig is punching eagles again!
Ben Aaron Urgh eagles hate 'EM *punch punch punch*
Any excuse
Actually Louis le Prince invented the first moving picture
"You probably know of Thomas Alva Edison as the inventor of the light bulb, or the phonograph..."
No, I know him as a liar and a cheater and practically a thief, but not as an inventor, and I'm glad you gave us the real story behind something that he would otherwise have us think was something he did.
Never been a fan of Edison (and still not one.)
Edison was a thief and a jerk.
not a fan but, he did change the world, you have to give him that.
And he electrocuted dogs, just to make Tesla look bad. I think any plan that involves cruelty to animals upgrades you from "jerk" to "goddamn _monster_".
cs snow more like Kidz Bop to Led Zeppelin
+Bluecho4 Actually, it was elephants.
Still not very nice obviously.
A "Black Maria" is also a term for a horse-drawn hearse. So, lots of fun imagery here.
Now the question is how is he going to make a tasteful joke about the first block buster Feature Film; Birth Of Nation, who legacy includes the feature film industry, and the Rebirth of the Klan.
Birth of a Nation is never easy to talk about. I think we've done a good job but I want to see what our audience thinks of it. It's still a few episodes away.
- Nick J.
I have a degree in film and am a big wheezywaiter fan, it's like this series was made for me. gracias. -julián
"I love movies"
You guys are missing that La Prince invented the motion picture years before Edison, Edison stole the idea after La Prince mysteriously disappeared before his paten could go through
Eagle made it halfway through Ep.2 before being punched.
Movies started like TH-cam videos started out in 2005: short videos of small moments in someone's life. But both eventually became more sophisticated and more thought provoking(but I guess that depends on which movie or video you're watching...).
If you're reading this comment at home, don't forget to feed your pets.
already did.
Me too.
Now I have to bury them.
I dont have pets.
khaleesi my puppy eats better than me ;}
Oh...you said FEED the pets, not EAT the pets...uh-oh....
Great series for the uninformed but it should be called AMERICAN Film History. Apparently the Lumiere brothers didn't exist in this universe and Edison masterminded the invention of film. It just seems weird that they haven't mentioned them yet.
this series i hope will be as good as the psych one, the philosophy, and the lit series, and i hope the same about the myth series. goddamn. CC be steppin up they game boii
shoutout if buzzfeedblue taught you it was LOUIS LE PRINCE not Edison.
I'm reminded of the early history of video games. All of these innovations are laughably primitive by modern standards, yet they were enough to get people to come enjoy them for their sheer novelty. Film didn't get to grow as an art form until it grew out of that "gimmick" phase.
The more things change...
Everything starts off as a gimmick. maybe things we see as silly or useless today will be the next big thing
There used to be a kinetoscope in the Santa Monica pier but it's gone now I remember the film was about two guys at a railroad junction
"It's basically the Twitter of movies" so…Vine? missed opportunity there ;)
so no word about Louis Le Prince ?
in the UK we were taught Louis Le Prince filmed the first movie in 1888
**pops into this CC subject**
Are we going to talk about how Edison probably killed a man and wiped him off the face of the earth for the movie patent in this episode?
**episode opens with Edison bashing**
**pulls out popcorn**
Do not disappoint me, Crash Course. I'm counting on you.
**continues watching**
**no mention of Louis Le Prince or his suspiciously timed disappearance before he could demonstrate his invention in the US**
...oh. OK then.
NotAGoodUsername360 can I have some popcorn
Amber Shoffren no
Craig is wholly underrated as a human being
Edison would be better used an icon for Chinese "innovation."
that eagle punch was so gratifying. I kept staring at it the whole episode waiting for it to get its due.
I just can't wait to see the bloopers for this series! Craig has such a high rate of jokes per minute, he's unstoppable :D
OMG Craig!! Please please do a strong man rendition!!!! 👍👍
I'm really enjoying this series! Thanks for covering the history of film.
Edson did not invent the light buld it was his friend and that is true rely Edson never did Invent very muck he hired people to do it
Pls do an episode on my fave tarkovsky!!
When in doubt , add light sensitive emulsion , as the saying goes ahahahahaha !
damn! what a clever jokes!! Craig was totally hilarious!! He hit the punchline perfectly 😂👍👍👍
I would like to imagine someone pulling a great heavy early camera around with them and attempting to vlog. "so today guys I'm just walking around vlogging [dies of fatigue] goddamn it I can't wait for the 2010s when this is considered a job,"
What about Louis Le Prince?
You said radio!
One more annoying whine from me to create Crash Course: Radio
not even that interested in film history, but wheezy makes it really interesting! go wheezy!
Thomas Edison did not make the first motion picture camera
The first film/movie was done in Leeds about a 15 minute walk from my house
The true man who invented it was the Frenchman prince
4:14 "The Twitter of movies" - It seems Vine is already forgotten. :D
As it should be
ITS LOUIS LE PRINCE!
British Isles History: Celts, Romans, Saxons, Jutes, Angles, Danes, Norse, Normans, Picts, etc.
Crash Course doesn't need a rotating studio to film this. The reflection from Whizzy's bald head suffices.
I'm watching this while my brother watches Dr. Strange down the hall. It blows my mind a little seeing how far this technology has come in so little a time
Slow down buddy...what’s the rush? Too much coffee?? Anyways thanks for the video...enjoyed!
This guy is fantastic. I choose to believe there have been no outtakes and he isn't even reading off a script.
Edison's REAL revolutionary invention was the industrial laboratory.
you know what's a cool movie from the way back? carl laemmle's "phantom of the opera" with lon chaney from 1925. it _was_ the special effects horror blockbuster of its day, and you can watch the whole movie for free right now, right here on youtube.
Interesting ❤
Procrastinating my report on John Green by watching his TH-cam channel. The future is stupid.
bullshit edison came up with nothing but stole almost everything he's famous for. I wish people would stop giving him credit for all this stuff
What the name of a 35mm(?) film (motion Pictura) withe 1 perf per frame? Like a 16mm film.
I thought after high school i couldn't use crash course for help with studying anymore... thank god i was wrong
When will we talk about the first ever color movies in May????
thank you for this series. Film History was something I've been wondering about for a while
do you ever see a crash course series you think you'd like, see that it's not hosted by hank or john green, and immediately click off
Oh we don't need the recap at the end guys, come on. Is there gonna be a test at the end? Just let people watch it over again ffs. Love Craig tho!
everything is awesome and love the series, but please can you stop making jokes? they are so cringy it hurts :(
You should definitely condone eating movies.. I am still sick in my stomach.:S
Sorry if you are going to perpetuate the myth that Edison invented the Light Bulb that's an instant thumbs down
Oh, that's why traditional film has those holes. I feel stupid for not noticing before
Is it cool that he is talking about cameras and he's using a camera to record this video?
"Crash course recommends that you turn it to 11" YES IM DEAD
3:25 "...Limits to his vision."
Does this mean that Edison had a _lack of vision?_
Is that... Rich Evans?
Edison deserved the punch more than the eagle, but the eagle was asking for it!
When are you going to talk about the Lumiere brothers, and Nickelodeons?
"-in West Orange, New Jersey."
Everything is legal in New Jersey.
Why werent the sprocket holes only spaced the length of a frame rather than having lots of sprocket holes either side of one frame?
a small number of asides is funny.
a large number is a bit tiring.
thx for this ha bisky vid and eating movies made out of chocolate is fine they might still have those around
these history lessons are very interesting
there used to be subtitles for French and a bunch of other languages too, what happened guys?