Cinema's Earliest Prehistory

The foundations of cinema from cave paintings to the invention of the chronophotographic gun. Visit the show's website at historyoffilmpodcast.com. If you want to get in touch, I would love to hear from you! my email is, predictably, historyoffilmpodcast@gmail.com. Audio from movies are used here as transitions, to spice up the show and to remind us where the show is going; clips are from Casablanca (1942), All About Eve (1950), The Maltese Falcon (1941), The Seven Samurai (1953) and Rushmore (1999).

The Lascaux Caves

This is an article that I found really helpful in understanding the art in Lascaux. Written by Zach Zorich and published on 27 March 2014. I recommend looking at the images, you can almost see them move. You can access it here:

http://nautil.us/issue/11/light/early-humans-made-animated-art

The image from the left was obtained from Wikipedia, and is owned by Wikipedia user Prof saxx, with my gratitude for his service.

Thge Image seen from a camera obscura

These are pictures that demonstrate the camera obscura, how it works, and what kind of pictures it makes. If it still isn't clear, here is a link on how to make your own, so you can get a better idea of it through experimentation:
https://petapixel.com/2014/05/12/diy-tutorial-convert-room-camera-obscura/

Phenakistiscope

Some examples of Phenakistiscope animations and discs to hopefully make it a little bit more clear what I was talking about.

Edward Muybridge and Chrono-photography

Some examples of Muybridge's work.

Marey and the Chronophotographic Gun

This is the earliest thing close to what we would consider a movie camera.