After receiving the brief for our Multimedia Studies assignment, the members of Group 11 set a date for everyone to get together to discuss the presentation project. We were all interested in the film side of the media business, so we decided that our project would be related to the film industry. Being more specific on the subject of our project, we chose to base our presentation on film production. With six members it was necessary to distribute the presentation work equally, in doing so we assigned each person a different area regarding film production. These topics were completed separately and then sent to a designated member, who compiled the work into a single presentation piece. We then presented our project to our fellow students. The Beginnings of Film Production When we think of film production, we immediately think of the modern technology-based media form. Go further back in time to when inventors first considered the possibility of movement in an image. The Zoetrope was the first successful device capable of creating moving images. The name of this device is taken from the Greek words “zoé”, which means “life”, and “tropos” which means “tower”. This revolutionary invention was created in China, in 180 AD, by Ting Huan. This device produces the illusion of movement from a rapid succession of static images. The structure consists of a cylinder with vertical slots. Inside is a strip of pictures. As the cylinder rotates, the viewer looks through the slits, which helps avoid blur, and the illusion of movement is created. The zoetrope was originally suspended above a lamp, the rising air allows the device to rotate and a translucent paper represents the images. The development of the zoetrope continues with the linear zoetrope, which has an arbitrage...... middle of paper ......ico" was the first mainstream film to be shot almost entirely on digital video. It was shot with a Sony HDW-F900. “Slumdog Millionaire,” 2008, was the first Oscar winner for “Best Cinematography,” shot primarily on digital. James Cameron's 2009 film "Avatar" was the highest-grossing digital film. In recent years, the quality, accessibility and availability of Digital Single-Lens Reflex (DSLR) cameras have led to a growing popularity among filmmakers. The cameras are relatively inexpensive and lightweight. Quentin Tarantino said he wasn't interested in digital when it came to films. Paul Thomas Anderson also believes that digital projection is a “big, big no-no.” It's like watching the best TV screen in the world, instead of watching 24 frames per second flicker through the light, which is a hypnotic and wonderful experience.”.