Cinematography

sin' e ma tog' ra fE, the art or technique of motion-picture photography

The Kinetoscope
was a motion picture viewing device developed by The Edison Laboratory and patented in 1891. It consisted of a wooden cabinet in which a loop of film passed through an electric lamp, shutter, and lens assembly that projected a series of still images in such a way as to give the appearance of motion.

The Vitascope
was an early film projector developed by Charles Francis Jenkins and Thomas Armat and demonstrated publicly for the first time in September of 1895 (the men called the machine a Phantoscope at the time).

Étienne-Jules Marey
invented a variety of devices with which he was able to capture various animal movements on film, including the "photographic gun" and what could be considered the first motion-picture camera.

Eadweard Muybridge
developed a system of cameras and trip wires that allowed him to prove that all four of a horse's legs leave the ground when drawn together under the body. He then invented the zoopraxicope, the predecessor to the motion picture projector.