After receiving the brief for our Media Studies assignment, the members of Group 11 agreed on a date when everyone would meet to discuss the presentation project. We all had an interest in the film aspect of the media industry, so we decided that our project would be about the film industry. Being more specific about the topic of our project, we chose to base our presentation on film production. Being six members, it was necessary to distribute the presentation work equally, in doing so we assigned each one a different area relating to film production. These topics were completed separately and then sent to an assigned member, who compiled the work into one presentation piece. We then presented our project to our fellow students. The Beginnings of Film Production When we consider film production, we immediately think of the modern technology-based media form. Go even further back in time, to when inventors first considered the possibility of motion in an image. The Zoetrope was the first successful device capable of creating moving images. The name of this device comes from the Greek words "zoe" meaning "life" and "tropos" meaning "round". 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 slits. Inside is a band of images. As the cylinder spins, the viewer looks through the slits, which helps prevent blurring and the illusion of motion is created. The zoetrope was originally hung above a lamp, the rising air helps to spin the device and the translucent paper portrays the images. The development of Zoetrope continues with the linear zoetrope, which has arbitra... middle of paper ......ico” was the first mainstream film to be shot almost entirely on digital video. It was shot using a Sony HDW-F900. “Slumdog Millionaire,” from 2008, was the first Oscar winner for “Best Cinematography” shot predominantly digitally. James Cameron's 2009 film "Avatar" was the highest-grossing digital film. In recent years, the quality, affordability, and availability of Digital Single-Lens Reflex (DSLR) cameras have led to an increase in popularity among filmmakers. The cameras are relatively cheap and lightweight. Quentin Tarantino has said that digital doesn't interest him when it comes to films. Paul Thomas Anderson also believes that digital projection is a "big, big no-no... It's just like watching the best television screen in the world, instead of watching 24 frames per second flicker through the light, which is a mesmerizing experience and wonderful".”.