Question: When was the slow motion film making effect invented?
Answer: August Musger, an Austrian priest and physicist born in 1868, invented slow-motion filmmaking in the early 20th century with his “serial device with a mirror wheel.” Patented in 1904, this innovative mechanism used sixteen mirrors to slow film speed, creating the captivating effect we know today. Financial issues led Musger to abandon the patent by 1912, and the German company Ernemann later presented a similar device in 1914, based on Musger’s work, though he was not initially credited.
