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George Milleas was a french man who extended the Narrative genre. Called his shots “Tableaux”. Started off as a magician and had his own theater. Wanted to take his “magic” to the next level. Used his skills and resources to create a movie in 1902 called “Trip to the Moon” which is considered one of the earliest sci-fi films. This is where “movie magic” came about. See video to see what I mean.
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The Lumiere Brothers were the first video filmmakers. They were still motion photographers who invented a machine to take more than one picture in one second. They made 30 second short clips which they later showed the people. It was around this time that film was coming about around the world. There were similar developments happening in other countries. They did their first private showing in 1895, and went on doing stuff until 1898.The first type of films were basically outdoor shots, stationary camera shots, silent, documentary. They had some narrative (garden scene & card game), no closeups, mainly long shots, character/object movement, one setting, single shot, and med shot (which showed facial expressions).
See their films:
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The following “Blast from the Past!†series will be touching upon the history of film. How it started and how it has made it to where it is. The purpose of these posts is to show that movies and film are in reality a construction, and to understand why we feel a certain way when we see a film.
A question to ask is, “Why do people go to the movies?”
- Emotional response
- Plot / Story
- Source material
- Comparison to other films
- Director
- Genre
If I were asked who are some of the best directors of today (when I say best directors, I’m talking from all fronts, the picture, resourcefulness, end result, etc.), I’d probably give you a list that looked something like this:
They say that we all build off of the shoulders of giants. If so…who were the giants whom these directors built off of?
That is what will be discussed here 
Orson Wells was a director of the Hollywood Era. One of his known styles of filming was that he would like to withhold information from the audience, keeping them guessing and at the edge of the seat. How did he do it? The following is the opening sequence one of his movies, “Touch of Evil“.
He does one take, no cut until the explosion. Camera movement in real time and real space. A tracking shot (camera is on an actual track) that is constantly moving. See for yourself…
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