How Did Directors And Film Execution Begin - 1365 Words

Introduction Directors demand their films to be felt. What’s the point of creating a film if it doesn’t invoke thought or feelings? Hence the discussion of filmmaking and the important role the director has in executing a film as a body of work and or art form. However, one has to ask, how did directors and film execution begin? 1829 was the year of inspiration in reference to illusion and or motion. The first ever phenakistiscope or phenakitiscope was created to portray a moving picture which some called an optical illusion. This invention was created by Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau and the small toy seemed to create motion and that’s where motion pictures begin However, directing and filmmaking began as a bet. In 1878, Englishman†¦show more content†¦Many were just a few seconds long. The earliest movies created for entertainment were just a few minutes long. My Interest in Filmmaking and Directors My outlook on filmmaking and the role of a director have changed. I used think there wasn’t much that went into making a film or being a director. However, the skill level to execute a film as well as direct it is very complicated. So, throughout this paper I will be discussing the different aspects of filmmaking which the director personally oversees. Also, the history of motion pictures, the early filmmaking experience, the history behind the first female director, music film, actors/actresses, scene selection, pre-production, creative vision, production, scheduling and post –production. The History of Motion Pictures The first machine patented in the United States that showed animated pictures or movies was a device called the wheel of life or zoopraxiscope. Patented in 1867 by William Lincoln, moving drawings or photographs were watched through a slit in the zoopraxiscope. The Frenchman Louis Lumiere is often credited as inventing the first motion picture camera in 1895. But in truth, several others had made similar inventions around the same time as Lumiere. What Lumiere invented was a portable motion-picture camera, film processing unit and projector called the Cinematographe, three functions covered in one invention. The Cinematographe made motion pictures