Edison wanted to create an
invention that would do for the eye what the phonograph had done for the ear, that is, recording visual images. The main way he went about this was by using a celluloid
film that had been invented earlier by a photographer by the name of George Eastman. This film was extremely thin and flexible and made it easy for Edison to run
pictures through a wheel with sprockets so that the speed at which the pictures moved could be controlled. Edison''s finished product was like a peep box where the viewer looked inside the machine when the
movie was displayed. Although Edison created the first mobile movie studio, his attempt to control the movie industry failed. Edison''s invention was the first big step in the right direction for movie making.
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