- The Lumière Brothers - 1890s
- The Lumière Brothers were the ground breakers of film.
- They came from Lyon in France, where they worked in their father's photographic factory.
- In 1894, they saw Edison's kinetoscope in Paris, and decided to design a camera of their own.
- By Feburary of the next year, they had produced a working model of their ciné camera, which called they a cinématographe.
- The films produced by the Lumieres' camera were usually about 50 seconds long.
- They mainly produced "actualities", a reflection of everyday life, mini documentaries
- Silent films are useful to look at, showing an evolution of visual language and grammar of film that formed the codes and conventions of today.
George Méliès - 1902
- Was a French illustionist and filmaker
- Famous for leading many technical and narrative developments
- George and his brother created the film "Le Voyage Dans La Lune" (A Trip To The Moon)
- The film was a black and white silent science fiction film
- The film runs at 14 minutes at a frame rate of 16 frames per second
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