Cinematography is known as one of the art forms within filmmaking. One of the earliest works was by Eadweard Muybridge, who successfully photographed a horse moving in fast motion. To do this, Muybridge used a series of 24 stereoscopic cameras to record the footage. Each camera was arranged along a track which was juxtaposed with the horse's track, and each camera shutter was controlled by a wire which triggered when the horse passed. They were 21 inches apart to be able to cover the 20 feet stride.
Étienne-Jules Marey, a french scientist from 1880s, invented a chronophotographic gun, which was able to take up to 12 consecutive frames per second, as well as recording all these frames within the same picture.
Another piece of equipment was invented by W.K.L Dickson, who created the Kinetograph, which takes a series of instantaneous photographs on standard Eastman Kodak photographic emulsion coated on to a transparent celluloid strip which was 35mm wide. This was presented by using the viewing equipment called the Kinetoscope which was also designed by Dickson. This was contained within a large box, and only allowed one person to view the images at a time by looking through a peephole.
The Lumière Brothers perfected the 'Cinématographe', a piece of equipment that printed and projected film. This was used to present and project pictures to an audience in 1895.
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