8 Inovations in Photography

Why do you think we wouldn't have filmmaking without the invention of photography? Pick three of these innovations on this list and explain their historical importance and why you think it led to the invention of motion pictures.

We wouldn't have had filmmaking without the invention of photography because films are countless numbers of photos known as frames. Without the ability to capture frames, films would not be able to be created. The Camera Obscura marked the beginning of photography. It was the very first attempt to project the outside world onto a screen which is the basic concept of filmmaking. Although the information was not able to be stored, it opened the possibilities of such technology. Then came the Calotype. The invention of using photosensitive paper to preserve visual information became highly commercialized because of the ease of production. Thus, it was able to reach a wider audience who became the next generation to invent new photographic methods that helped with the development of filmmaking. The Flexible Roll film was invented 40 years after the Calotype. Photography finally became easily accessible to amateurs because the Flexible Roll was significantly more light weight than glass plates. Because the time needed to shoot is cut down, people were able to take multiple photos in quick session. This eventually evolved to multiple frames per second, leading to the first motion picture.