The history of film Timeline for film: 1895, The first film was cast on the big screen. 1877, Eadweard Muybridge set up a camera system to take a series of pictures of horses in motion for his bet. It’s the basis of film. 1891, Thomas Edison had perfected the Kinetoscope. 1892, Emile Reynaud projected the first animated film on … Continue reading Week 0: Timeline & Understanding of the history of film, animation and VFX.