The introduction of sequential photography and motion picture film in the late 1800s corresponded with an increased desire to visualize movement in the increasingly mobile and fast-paced society of the late nineteenth century. By capturing moving images in a sequence of pictures, one is able to see things that the unaided eye cannot see. For instance, the example of the horse from the book: Muybridge was asked to determine whether a horse's hooves ever all leave the ground at the same time when galloping, or not. By setting up cameras that would horse would trigger as it ran, Muybridge was able to gather a sequence of the horse's run and each position of the hooves. Because of these pictures, he was able to determine that yes, the horse actually is airborne for an instant while running. One thing I found interesting was that taking motion pictures also help to portray certain things in a different medium. For example, in figure 5.1 the picture shows the car in motion, but due to the speed the car is traveling, the wheels look elongated and much larger. Artists then use this effect when drawing cartoons to help give the appearance of a car in motion.
The invention of cinema involved both the invention of a moving picture camera and projector and a flexible form of film (celluloid) that could be projected and reprojected without falling apart. Historians can agree that the origins of the cinema are due to the invention of motion picture film, the ability to make films, and the projector.
The photograph is related to "the real" because it is believed that a photograph shows exactly what is seen. It is a realist form because of its guarantee of having physically been copresent with the person, object, or scene. This means that every shadow, wrinkle, and object is exactly as how the eye sees it; nothing is left out or added. However, today, with digital technologies, photographs can be altered. Anyone with a digital camera, a home computer, and a cable can download images and print them out immediately, or they can copy them into other programs to be edited, enhanced, or altered in any way the editor chooses, whether it is framing, composition, color, or adding or subtracting actual objects and elements from the picture.
Digital Technology has also allowed us different modes of display. Rather than going to the nearest Walmart or CVS and and having your pictures printed with a duplicate to hand to a friend or family memeber, we are able to post pitures on the internet, on websites, on CDs, etc.
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