1878 - The first prototype of moving image was made with the Camera

Obscura a camera that could produce a moving image with no means of

recording it. The film became known as The Horse in Motion.

1888 - In 1888 Louis Le Prince invented the Camera-Projector

Mkll it had 16 lenses which meant the image moved about as each
lens captured an image from a slightly different angle, with more
development he created the first single lensed camera.

1891 The Kinetograph was the next successful piece of apparatus, invented
by a Scottish inventor, Thomas Edison. The Kinetograph used celluloid strips in
order to record the moving image played. The roll had to be viewed through a
peephole in the box in which the camera was contained and only one person at
a time could view the moving image.

1894 The Kinetograph was soon developed into the Kinetoscope which
became the first camera to premier the first commercial exhibition of a film.
Kinetoscope Parlours spread successfully around Europe and many audiences
viewed what was soon to become a wide range of commercial films.

1894 Another form of early camera, The Pleograph, soon was re-designed
to create a camera device that also doubled up as a projector. The
development of the Pleograph meant that larger audiences could now watch
moving images in the first cinemas of 1895.

1900 - 1903 Next came the issues with editing, continuity was the
biggest issue in film development by the 1900s. In the Brighton School of
England George Albert Smith established the first form of continuity within
multi shot films. His film featured multiple shots cut by jump-shots.

1918 Present Day After the development of multi-shot continuation

the technology of the film industry continued to develop. The introduction of
coloured picture and recording sound bought new prospects to the table for
directors. To the present day the process of editing is computerised with
programs like Photoshop, Premier Pro and iMovie the industry is flourishing and
will continue to grow for the foreseeable future.