The Diorama Theatre

 What was a Diorama Theatre?  Why do you think it was a precursor to cinema?

    The Diorama Theatre was a sort of an "attraction" invented by Louis Daguerre, one of the many inventions by him, this consisted of being in a pitch black room in which a light would slowly go up to reveal you were in another location through a projection. Technicians behind the theatre were already figuring out ways to create the illusion of the passage of time through lights. This swept the nation by storm and eventually playwrights, composers, and directors began to integrate this into their stage productions. The Diorama Theatre was a precursor for cinema because of the way it would throw the audience into another world just into one small theatre and everyone there would have a collective immersive experience just through the use of projections.