2. THE LUMIERE BROTHERS
Cinema was created by two French brothers and they created the starting point
for all forms of visual broadcasting e.g. television , documentaries , films.
“The Lumière brothers were born in Besançon, France, in 1862 and 1864, and
moved to Lyon in 1870, where both attended La Martiniere, the largest
technical school in Lyon.[3] Their father, Claude-Antoine Lumière (1840–1911),
ran a photographic firm and both brothers worked for him: Louis as a
physicist and Auguste as a manager. Louis had made some improvements to
the still-photograph process, the most notable being the dry-plate process,
which was a major step towards moving images.
It was not until their father retired in 1892 that the brothers began to create
moving pictures. They patented a number of significant processes leading
up to their film camera, most notably film perforations (originally
implemented by Emile Reynaud) as a means of advancing the film through
the camera and projector. The cinématographe itself was patented on 13
February 1895 and the first footage ever to be recorded using it was
recorded on March 19, 1895. This first film shows workers leaving the
Lumière factory”
The first films that the Lumiere brothers made were on17 meters long tape reels
and were only 50 seconds long , but at the time this was a ground breaking
piece of technology.
3. VIDEO REFERENCES FOR THE BROTHERS
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nj0vEO4Q6s www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VQ97WrotBM
4. D.W.GRIFFITH
D.W.Griffith became famous when he release the film
“The birth of a nation” its considered one of/the
most racist film of all time , it portrays African
Americans in the worst possible light e.g. sexual
predators and generally idiotic.
Despite the fact this film was a pro-KKK , racist and
politically incorrect film , it was one of the first to
make proper use of advanced camera techniques
and use proper narrative techniques to help tell a
story.
“Griffith responded to his critics with his next film,
Intolerance, intended to show the dangers of
prejudiced thought and behaviour. The film was not
the financial success that its predecessor had been,
but was received warmly by critics”.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0004972/
5. VIDEO REFERENCES FOR D.W. GRIFFITH
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9UPOkIpR0A www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbYXF5HmEds
6. SERGEI EISENSTEIN
Sergei Eisenstein was a pioneer
of using montages in movies to
great effect . He felt that it was
one of the most important and
creative things you could do with
a film.
The techniques he developed and
mastered were used by the
soviets to improve their
propaganda films.
7. DAVID FINCHER
David fincher is the man
responsible for the dark ,
modern and stylish movies
se7en , fight club , The game
and the girl with the dragon
tattoo. When thinking of
David Fincher people often
think of his ground breaking
use of modern day lighting
and editing styles.
![THE LUMIERE BROTHERS
Cinema was created by two French brothers and they created the starting point
for all forms of visual broadcasting e.g. television , documentaries , films.
“The Lumière brothers were born in Besançon, France, in 1862 and 1864, and
moved to Lyon in 1870, where both attended La Martiniere, the largest
technical school in Lyon.[3] Their father, Claude-Antoine Lumière (1840–1911),
ran a photographic firm and both brothers worked for him: Louis as a
physicist and Auguste as a manager. Louis had made some improvements to
the still-photograph process, the most notable being the dry-plate process,
which was a major step towards moving images.
It was not until their father retired in 1892 that the brothers began to create
moving pictures. They patented a number of significant processes leading
up to their film camera, most notably film perforations (originally
implemented by Emile Reynaud) as a means of advancing the film through
the camera and projector. The cinématographe itself was patented on 13
February 1895 and the first footage ever to be recorded using it was
recorded on March 19, 1895. This first film shows workers leaving the
Lumière factory”
The first films that the Lumiere brothers made were on17 meters long tape reels
and were only 50 seconds long , but at the time this was a ground breaking
piece of technology.](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)