The first moving pictures were played to an audience by Eadweard Muybridge at the California School of Fine Arts in 1880. Does this count as an art film? Because if it does, we can say that cinema was an art before it has become a form of entertainment. Soon, the world had the chance to see the first commercial showing of moving pictures (it is … [Read more...]
Who Needs Hard Drives? Scientists Store Film Clip in DNA – The New York Times
It was one of the very first motion pictures ever made: a galloping mare filmed in 1878 by the British photographer Eadweard Muybridge, who was trying to learn whether horses in motion ever become truly airborne. Source: Who Needs Hard Drives? Scientists Store Film Clip in DNA - The New York Times … [Read more...]
