for CA201: Early Lumiere Films
whoa, talk about old. but of course, it was the first ever (or among the first at least) ever films produced. but i do have to say, though these were old, and had absolutely no dialogue whatsoever, there was something eerily interesting about these films. but maybe thats just another part of my own eccentricity. its honestly a bit funny how the invention, or the ability to record something made them feel powerful, no wait, powerful is too strong a word. Amused, thats the word i was looking for. the arrival of a train, workers leaving a factory, a childish quarrel, a baby's meal, the demolishing of a wall and that thing with the coke (i personally think they meant coal). these are extremely mundane things that we see day to day, well, most of them anyway. yet, back when these films were made, if you showed these event on. they do entice you, they do leave you watching, it does keep you from clicking the tiny red "pause" symbol below the youtube flashmedia player.
now, as i said, these films are really, really, old. not to mention primitive, but i speak this way because i have seen what movies are now, how they are made. how much they've evolved since then. yet, as i watch these films, i cannot help but realize that these, these films that i call primitive and old, are the "ancestors'' of the films we watch and adore today. without these mundane moments caught on film, the whole idea of motion pictures might never have been conceptualized.
if these were shown today, in all reality, the general public wouldn't necessarily take a liking to them, as mentioned in the above paragraph, most if not all of society today, has been so accustomed to the movies that we today see. if shown today, these would only appeal to a very certain sect of percantage of society. say, those who really take interest in films of such age. or those, like us, students, who really do study movies like these.
now, as i said, these films are really, really, old. not to mention primitive, but i speak this way because i have seen what movies are now, how they are made. how much they've evolved since then. yet, as i watch these films, i cannot help but realize that these, these films that i call primitive and old, are the "ancestors'' of the films we watch and adore today. without these mundane moments caught on film, the whole idea of motion pictures might never have been conceptualized.
if these were shown today, in all reality, the general public wouldn't necessarily take a liking to them, as mentioned in the above paragraph, most if not all of society today, has been so accustomed to the movies that we today see. if shown today, these would only appeal to a very certain sect of percantage of society. say, those who really take interest in films of such age. or those, like us, students, who really do study movies like these.