ENGB70H3 Lecture : Lecture 1
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Saw cinema as a device for recording things in motion. > all their films were 50 seconds long-> movies unedited, single takes-> position of the camera does not change. Position of the camera is consistently at eye level. Lumiere brothers first films-> workers leaving a factory. > there is no direction or narrative-> lumiere brothers saw cinema as limited; could only record what was done right in front of the camera. > wanted to record things they couldn t record on stage-> film was not light sensitive, camera was huge, and they invented it as a camera/projector. Couldn t really move the camera and there was no zooming, very difficult to switch lenses arrival of a train. Train arrives toward the camera, then angle moves to the right as if the viewer is actually at the train station. As a painting, the reality affect is the result of illusion. > lumiere brothers inability to see the power of perspective.
