12-12-28
On December 28, 1895, French photographer Louis Lumière used a kinetoscope at the Grand Café on rue Capucine in Paris. The first screening was held, which was a huge success and is considered to mark the birth of cinema.
As an outstanding photographer, Lumière was good at fast photography and invented a machine that was both a camera, a projector and a developing machine. The first film he made was a promotional film "Factory Gate", which showed the working scene at the Lumière factory in Lyon, France at that time. The film was only over a minute long, but it was the first film in the world. Therefore it occupies an important position in film history. It is one of the must-see films for graduate students of film arts in universities around the world.
The content of the movie is: The door of Lumiere Factory slowly opened, and a group of female workers wearing ribbon-knotted hats, tight tops, floor-length skirts, and aprons walked out first, followed by A group of male workers pushing bicycles. In the opposite direction to the more than a hundred busy workers filing out, the factory owners entered the factory in a carriage pulled by two horses. The young ladies dodged traffic and walked briskly, displaying the cheerful mood of their leisure time. A big jumping dog ran out of the gate. After that, the factory guard came out and quickly closed the factory door. Lumière used the vast scene of workers getting off work to show the grand scale of his factory and convey his inner joy and pride. From the time this film was broadcast to the end of 1896, there were more than a hundred types of patented movie machines, and movies have developed rapidly since then.