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This document provides an analysis of the 1896 film "Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat" by the Lumiere brothers. It was the first ever documentary film made and surprised audiences who were unaccustomed to moving images. The film consists of a single continuous shot showing a train arriving at a station, where passengers disembark and embark, before the train departs. It has no editing, soundtrack, or narrative structure, simply capturing actual events as they unfolded without embellishment.
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TASK 1A
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- 1. “Arrival of a train at la ciotat” analysis Jojo
- 2. Introduction to film Arrival of a train at la ciotat is a film constructed by the lumiere brothers in 1896 which was very unique at the time as it was the first ever documentary film made. In those times the audiences could barely see photos of themselves and only had paintings. So when this short 55 second film was made, it came as a surprise and audiences almost thought it was magic.
- 3. Editing/ Events/Narrative/ Shot The image on my right is the opening picture of the film which is then followed by a continuous shot so eventually there was no editing that took place. These images some up the whole of production which is why we understand it is a continuous long shot. In these events, A train arrives, stops then shortly after it civilians either enter or leave the train and then the film finishes. In this there is no voice over or even a soundtrack meaning it was not narrated and there were no small aspects of editing.
- 4. Actual events/no narrative You could clearly see that this is a real life production with actual people performing the role of getting on or of a real train. The story lacked a clear narrative structure. There is not a clear beginning, middle and end. This is due to them not understanding how to construct a movie as it was the first movie, and they did not have a clue on how to edit scenes.