The Invention and Early Years of the Cinema 1880s-1904, was a very interesting chapter which explained the early beginnings of modern day cinema. I found many parts of this chapter intriguing, however, what I read that stood out to me most was the segment Preconditions For Motion Pictures: which provided readers with five preconditions for motion pictures, another segment that stood out to me was the Early Filmmaking Segment: where the writer was able to give readers a glimpse into how the world was shaping around the time cinema became relevant. 

In the segment Preconditions For Motion Pictures, the writer broke down, what he believed were five important key/requirements needed to be met before cinema was invented. These five key requirements were thoroughly outlined in the chapter (page 14-15). All of these five key requirements were very interesting, however, number three was particularly interesting to me as it discussed how exposure time was historically much to slow to make motion picture possible ( 8hours was the first cameras exposure time). Questions came to my mind, such as: What is exposure time had not increased significantly, due to restrictions in technology? How much would of that changed the world that our ancestors would have lived in?


The Early Filmmaking Segment provided readers with a glimpse into the environment of Victorian leisure and how extravagant of a time it was. It seems from reading this segment that this era truly enabled the growth of entertainment, and possibly sped up the growth and use of cinema. Overall, reading this chapter enabled me to view the history of cinema in a different light and raised serval questions in my mind as to what would the world be today if certain inventions did not take place, or if certain era's did not exist.