Fremantle Light and Sound Discovery Centre
Program details


History of Entertainment Media

45 - 60 minutes presentation
$3.30 per student

Suitable for S & E classes and Media classes.

Year 9 to Year 12

Movie magic

This presentation involves the demonstration of the various media technologies used in the home over the past 150 years. It includes
  • Music boxes
  • Phenakistoscope and Mutoscope
  • Stereoscopes and Graphoscopes
  • Cylinder and disc record players
  • Early photographic media
  • Wire and tape recorders
  • Early television and home movies
Each of these forms of media is demonstrated, and a number of them can be used by the visitor.


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