By Christopher Naufel, Millie M-h and Blake Hutchinson

EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE EDISON

OVERVIEW OF EADWEARD

• Eadweard Muybridge, born in Kingston, Surrey was an English photographer important for

his groundbreaking work in photographic studies of motion and in motion-picture

projection.

• Eadweard was known as the ‘Grandfather of Motion Pictures’

• Muybridge’s experiments began in 1872 of photographic gatherings of animals.

• His first efforts were unsuccessful due to his camera lacking a fast shutter.

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/399928/Eadweard-Muybridge

http://www.eadweardmuybridge.co.uk/includes/img/homepage/horses2.

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OVERVIEW OF CATALOGUE

(ANIMAL LOCOMOTION)

• Eadweard’s first study, ‘The Horse In Motion (1882)’, was regarded as the first ever

moving picture which lead to foundations for the modern cinema.

• The Horse In Motion is a series of a galloping race horse which was the first animal

ever to be shown in a movie image format.

• This experiment proved without a doubt something that no one had ever seen which

was that a horse lifts all four hooves off the ground at a particular point whilst

running.

www.wildfilmhistory.org/film/2/2.html?filmid=2

http://www.nls.uk/media/12089/horse-in-motion-

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OVERVIEW OF CATALOGUE

(ZOOPRAXISCOPE)

• Eadweard created the Zoopraxiscope which was invented in 1879.

• It consisted of a series of images in continuous stages of movement.

• These images were taken through the use of multiple cameras.

• These images looked like

this:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oTPFjOobDM

Inventors.about.com/od/weirdmuseums/ig/Eadweard-

Muybridge/Zoopraxiscope-Animated.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oTPFjOobDM

INFLUENCES ON OTHERS

Eadweard Muybridge influenced/inspired:

• William Dickson – credited as inventor of the motion picture camera

• Thomas Edison – in 1888, Muybridge and Edison combined

thoughts together on a new projection system Muybridge had

invented (the Zoopraxiscope) with Edisons phonograph.

• Francis Bacon – painted from Muybridge photographs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eadweard_Muybridge

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edcyldr.html

QUOTE BY EADWEARD

"I am going to make a name for

myself. If I fail, you will never

hear of me again."

– Eadweard Muybridge

http://www.biography.com/people/eadweard-muybridge-9419513

QUIZ

1)WHERE WAS EADWEARD BORN?

2)WHAT WAS TWO OF EADWEARD’S

MOST FAMOUS AND INFLUENTUAL

WORK?

3)WHAT DID EADWEARD CONTRIBUTE

TO STOP MOTION ANIMATION?