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2. LUMIERE BROTHER
• LUMIERE BROTHER WAS THE FRENCH INVENTORS AND PIONEER MANUFACTURERS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC
EQUIPMENT BACK IN THE DAY. THE BROTHERS WERE BORN IN THE 1860S, THEY MADE HISTORY IN THE
1890S, THIS IS WHERE THEY GOT INTO THE FILM INDUSTRY.

3. WHAT DOES THIS FILM SHOW?
• IN THIS SHORT FILM WE CAN SEE A OLD TRAIN COMING TOWARDS A STOP, THIS STOP COULD MEAN THAT
THERE IS A TRAIN STATION AT THAT STOP. AS THE TRAIN FULLY COMES TO A STOP WE SEE PEOPLE JUMPING
OFF AND JUMPING ON. THE TRAIN TAKES MORE THAN HALF OF THE WHOLE SCENE TO COME TO A STOP,
EVENTUALLY WHEN THE TRAIN HAS STOPPED WE SEE PEOPLE IN A RUSH, SOME RUNNING, SOME WALKING
FOR THE TRAIN. WE CAN SEE THIS TRAIN WAS A REALLY OLD ONE AS IT WAS RELEASING SMOKE FROM THE
TOP, THEREFORE THIS FILM WAS SHOT A VERY LONG TIME AGO.

4. EDITS AND SHOTS
• IN THIS CLIP WE CANT REALLY SEE MUCH EDITS AND NOT MANY
SHOTS, WE CAN SEE THAT THE CAMERA IS CAPTURING THE
WHOLE TRAIN AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHICH MAKES THIS A LONG
SHOT. HOWEVER FACIAL EXPRESSIONS FROM THE
ACTORS/ACTRESS WAS NOT ADDED AS IT WASN’T THE MAIN
FOCUS. THE SHOT WAS FOR US TO ANALYSE THE TRAIN COMING
IN AND NOT THE FACIAL EXPRESSION OF THE PEOPLE.

5. TASK 1B
A TRIP TO THE MOON

6. WHAT DOES THIS FILM SHOW?
• IN THIS FILM WE SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO BUILD A ROCKET THAT IS HOPING TO
REACH THE MOON, AFTER BUILDING THE ROCKET IT IS SET FOR TAKE OFF AND AMAZINGLY THE ROCKET
TOKE OFF. AFTER A SCENE WHERE THE MOON WAS GETTING CLOSER INSTEAD OF THE CAMERA MOVING,
THE ROCKET HAD FINALLY TOUCHED DOWN ON TO THE MOON. THEY INVESTIGATE THE MOON AND
ENAGAGE WITH SOME TYPE OF HUMAN LIFE. AFTER THAT’S DONE THEY RETURN BACK TO THE ROCKET TO
HEAD BACK TO EARTH, AFTER FALLING IN TO THE SEA AND BEING PULLED OUT BY A BOAT THEY
EVENTUALLY REACH LAND AND CELEBRATE THEIR ACHIEMVENTS WITH HAPPINESS.

7. GEORGE MEILIES
• GEORGES MELIES WAS BORN IN 1861, DECEMBER ON THE 8TH. HE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN PARIS,
FRANCE. HE WAS THE FIRST EVER TO FILM FICTIONAL NARRATIVES. THE FIRST GENUINE MOVIE
MADE WAS IN PARIS, 1895. HE WAS AN EARLY FRENCH EXPIREMENTER FOR MOTION PICTURES.

8. TASK 1C

9. EDWIN S.PORTER
• EDWIN S. PORTER WAS BORN APRIL 21, 1870, IN CONNELLSVILLE,
PENNSYLVANIA. IN 1897, HE INVENTED THE BEADNELL FILM PROJECTOR. HE
WAS THE DIRECTOR-CAMERA MAN FOR A COMPANY CALLED THE EDISON,
HE LATER ON FILMED THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY WHICH WAS A HIT BACK
IN THE 1900S.

10. CONTINUTY EIDITNG
• IN THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY WE SEE A LOT OF CONTINUITY EDITING
AS IT LOOKS LIKE THE WHOLE FILM IS ONE MASSIVE SCENE THAT JUST
HAS CUTS. THE SCENE WHERE THE ROBBERS CHASE THE TRAIN THEN
THE CAMERA SKIPS TO WHEN THEY ARE ON THE TRAIN AND THE SCENE
CARRIES ON NORMALLY, THIS IS CALLED CONTINUITY EDITING. ALSO
ANOTHER PART IS WHEN THE Y FOUGHT ON THE TOP OF THE TRAIN IT
SHOWED THEM CLIMBING UP THE LADDERS TO THE TOP AND THE
CAMERA WENT FROM DOWNSTAIRS TO UPSTAIRS.

11. THE MOVIOLA
• THIS MACHINE HERE IS CALLED THE MOVIOLA, THIS ALLOWS FILM
MAKERS AND EDITORS TO EDIT IN THE ADVANCED WAY. THIS ALLOWED
PEOPLE TO VIEW THE FILM WHILE EDITING, THE FIRST EVER MOTION
PICTURE EDITOR MADE.