Early Animation (Blog 1)

1.     In class, we discussed how Edison was a big starting point to what films are today.  Edison was able to create motion pictures with the invention of the kinetograph.  It was interesting to see how those images that he created were used on the kinetograph.  Movies today are so advanced and technical that it made me realize how cool it was to see how motion pictures first were.

2.     I read this article or blog on Classic Movie Gab and it talked about “The Kiss” by Thomas Edison.  The Kiss was the first cinematic kiss in history.  This is significant because people back then never saw something like this before.  People were still getting use to the fact that pictures were moving.  The Kiss, along with other films by Edison, where a huge stepping-stone into improving societies entertainment.

3.     The article relates to the class because in class we discussed how huge Thomas Edison was to motion picture.  The article explains the significance of that kiss.  Therefore, both are connect with explaining the significance of Edison to motion picture.

4.     Honestly, I enjoyed watching those clips from early motion picture production because it made me realize how far we’ve come with movies.  The fact that movies use to be that short and have no words to now being able to see them in 3D.  Also back then you were only able to show one person at a time.  Now movies are one of the biggest sources of entertainment out there and the movie industry rakes in the big bucks.  To think it all started from films like the ones we saw in class is nothing short of spectacular.