First Motion Pictures by The Lumiere Brothers
With the invention of the Cinematographe, Auguste and Louis Lumiere were the pioneers to hold one of the first screenings of, also, the first motion picture in the world, which also gives birth to the implementation of charging for admission to which we have until today. In Paris, December of 1895, the first screenings of the Brothers’ movie was held at the “Salon Indien du Grand Café”. Salon Indien was in fact, a rather small sized hall that allowed about a 100 people. This milestone of an event featured the Brothers’ 10 short films, each at about 50 seconds. Below are a few of the Brothers’ motion pictures as projected:
“La Sortie de usines Lumiere” (Workers Leaving The Lumiere Factory) 1894
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It is said by Hellmuth Karasek that this very motion picture caused panic and terror to the audiences, despite the fact that the train, in black and white, not in its original color and that there was no sound except the sound of the projector, the audience had the feeling of threat and then they panicked.
The film also caused the audiences to jump off their seats and sunk back into their seats out of fear as to them, it seemed that the train was coming directly to them and would run over them.
This film has proven how the motion picture affects the audiences with its power of the medium, to capture the audience’s attention with the camera’s point of view. The way the Lumiere brothers used an object moving from a long distance towards the audiences, also the depth of field gave the audiences a very different experience that they have never been through
With the invention of the Cinematographe, Auguste and Louis Lumiere were the pioneers to hold one of the first screenings of, also, the first motion picture in the world, which also gives birth to the implementation of charging for admission to which we have until today. In Paris, December of 1895, the first screenings of the Brothers’ movie was held at the “Salon Indien du Grand Café”. Salon Indien was in fact, a rather small sized hall that allowed about a 100 people. This milestone of an event featured the Brothers’ 10 short films, each at about 50 seconds. Below are a few of the Brothers’ motion pictures as projected:
“La Sortie de usines Lumiere” (Workers Leaving The Lumiere Factory) 1894
The first premiere of their work, also one of their most significant …show more content…
It is said by Hellmuth Karasek that this very motion picture caused panic and terror to the audiences, despite the fact that the train, in black and white, not in its original color and that there was no sound except the sound of the projector, the audience had the feeling of threat and then they panicked.
The film also caused the audiences to jump off their seats and sunk back into their seats out of fear as to them, it seemed that the train was coming directly to them and would run over them.
This film has proven how the motion picture affects the audiences with its power of the medium, to capture the audience’s attention with the camera’s point of view. The way the Lumiere brothers used an object moving from a long distance towards the audiences, also the depth of field gave the audiences a very different experience that they have never been through