1. HISTORY OF FILM
By Amber Bush

2. Wheel of Life
The first machine that showed motion pictures of drawings
was patented in 1867 in the United States by William
Lincoln, this was to show moving photographs and
drawings of pictures. This was called the ‘’wheel of life’’.

3. Cinematography
Even though there was lots of inventions around this time,
Louis Lumière with his brother August Lumière were
credited for the creation of the first motion picture in 1895.
This was a portable camera with motion picture, film
processing unit and projector called the Cinematographe.

4. The First Film
Before 1930 most films where silent, and they where
usually films of trains. The first screening was by the Louis
Lumière and August Lumière in 1895 of workers leaving the
Lumière factory.

5. The First Colour Film
In 1899 Edward Turner patented with Frederick Marshall
Lee the first colour motion picture process in Britain
however this was seen as unworkable by Charles urban he
made his own colour processer which was named the
Kinemacolor, this became the most commercially
successful motion picture in colour.

6. History of Horror
1890’s to the 1920’s
The first of supernatural films was created by Georges
Mèliés in the late 1890’s, a silent film Le Manoir du
Diable, which is sometimes credited for being the first
horror movie.
In 1910 Edison Studios produced the first film version of
Frankenstein.
In 1922 the first vampire themed movie was made, called
Nosferatu, this was by Nurnaus, an unauthorised version of
Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

7. Horror Movie Star
The first American horror movie star Lon Chaney was one
of the first American horror movie star, he was in the
Hunchback of Notre Dame mad in 1923 and The monster
1925, he was also in the Phantom Of The Opera made in
1925.

8. Timeline – Horror
1930’s to the 1940’s
In this time era Movie Studio Universal Pictures began the theme
of gothic horror. With science- fiction and Egyptology as themes.
Tod Browning’s Dracula, 1931.
James Whales’ Frankenstein, 1931.
James whales’ The Invisible Man Science- Fiction/Gothic Horror.
The Mummy, 1932 introduced Egyptology.
The Wolf Man, 1941.

9. Timeline – Horror
1950’s to the 1960’s
The theme of aliens started to come light with technology
becoming increasingly advanced, the mutations in
Godzilla, 1954 is an example.
The Hammer company started to make horror films in
colour, with films like The Curse Of Frankenstein 1957
these films would often star Peter Cushing and Christopher
Lee.
Peeping Tom was the first slasher movie, 1960.
The Haunting, 1963 started the horror of the Demonic
theme.

10. Timeline – Horror
1970’s to the 1980’s
The Exorcist, 1973 was the first commercially successful of
supernatural evil with the Devil representing this.
The introduction of the evil spirit by bringing possessed
children:
Alice sweet Alice 1977.
The Omen 1976.
Slasher films had become popular:
Halloween by John Carpenter, 1978.
Friday The 13TH by Sean Cunningham, 1980.
A Nightmare On Elm Street, 1984.

11. Timeline – Horror
1990’s
This saw the sequels of
A Nightmare On Elm Street.
Friday The 13TH.
Halloween.
The Scream movies by Wes Craven, reignited the Slasher
movies along with
I Know What You Did Last Summer, 1997.

12. Timeline – Horror
2000’s
This era was mainly about remakes of some earlier popular
films this included
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2003.
The Hills Have Eyes 2006.
Friday The 13TH 2009.
Recently we have seen films that are more towards the
supernatural spirit theme with films
The Conjuring, 2013.
Paranormal Activity, 2007 and beyond.
Insidious, 2010.