The Early Evolution of Motion Pictures Many inventors and scientists observed the visual phenomenon that a series of individual still pictures set into motion created the illusion of movement - a concept termed persistence of vision by Roman poet Lucretius who discovered the phenomenon. A number of technologies and inventions related to motion and vision were developed in the early to late 19th century that were precursors to the birth of the motion picture industry. …showed first 75 words of 967 total…

…showed last 75 words of 967 total…that normally would have only been recalled by memory. The advancement of photography and filmmaking aided each other, but film became increasingly in more demand than still photographs. Film did not utilize old or abandoned methods or technologies. It was a completely new invention. Some may ask the film industry, "what is next?" Can the industry go any further? This medium will continue to improve itself and push filmmakers to make films better each time.