This 50-second silent film shows the entry of a train pulled by a steam locomotive into a train station in the French coastal town of La Ciotat Like most of the early Lumière films, L'arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat consists of a single, unedited view illustrating an aspect of everyday life. Thttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L'Arriv%C3%A9e_d'un_train_en_gare_de_La_Ciotathere is no apparent intentional camera movement, and the film consists of one continuous real-time shot.
The first of such screenings occurred on 22nd March 1895 at 44 Rue de Rennes in Paris at an industrial meeting where a film especially for the occasion, Workers leaving the Lumière factory, was shown. Unlike Edison, the Lumière Brothers were quick to patent the Cinématographe outside of their native France, applying for an English Patent on April 18th 1895. The brothers continued to show their invention privately, again on June 10th to photographers in Lyon.
Such screenings generated much discussion and widespread excitement surrounding this new technology - in preparation for their first public screening on 28th December at the Grand Cafe on Paris’s Boulevard de Capuchines. The programme of films on show that day was as follows:
La Sortie de usines Lumière (1894) La Voltige (1895) La Peche aux poissons rouges (1895) La Debarquement du congres de photographie a Lyons (1895) Les Forgerons (1895) L’ Arroseur arrose (1895) Repas de bebe (1895) Place des Cordeliers a Lyon (1895) La Mer (1895)
D.W.Griffith (1875-1948)
During his five years at Biograph, Griffith took the raw elements of moviemaking as they had evolved up to that time — lighting, continuity, editing, acting — and wrought a medium of extraordinary power and nuance. Early short films such as A CORNER IN WHEAT (1909), FIGHTING BLOOD (1911), and UNDER BURNING SKIES (1912) show the hallmarks of Griffith’s style already emerging: crosscut editing to build tension, acute observation of details to heighten reality, and the use of the camera as a vehicle for expounding his views on society.
A list of Griffith`s work is as follows in the link below.
D.W. Griffith's 1915 Civil War epic, The Birth of a Nation, with its groundbreaking camerawork -- including close-ups, night photography, and tracking shots -- transforms forever the way films are made and images perceived.
Sergei Eisenstein
In "Strike", which recounts the repression of a strike by the soldiers of the tsar, Eisenstein juxtaposed shots of workers being mowed down by machine guns with shots of cattle being butchered in a slaughterhouse. The effect was striking, but the objective reality was falsified. In 1925, in order to commemorate the Revolution of 1905, the Communist Party commissioned the renowned film "Potemkin" (also called " battleship Potemkin"). The film was made in the Black Sea port of Odessa. In 1958 it was voted the best film ever made, by an international poll of critics. Eisenstein's next film was the two hour film, "October" or "Ten Days That Shook the World", dealing with the shifts of power between the 1917 February and October revolutions, Lenin's entering the scene and the struggle of the Bolsheviks with their opponents. Eisenstein sets his camera for the kind of unconventional angle that made him a great director. "Old and New"October was one of two films commissioned by the Soviet government to honour the tenth anniversary of the October Revolution (the other was Vsevolod Pudovkin's The End of St. Petersburg). Eisenstein was chosen to head the project due to the international success he had achieved with The Battleship Potemkin in 1925 . Nikolai Podvoisky, one of the troika who led the storming of the Winter Palace was responsible for the commission. The scene of the storming was based more on the 1920 re-enactment involving Lenin and thousands of Red Guards, witnessed by 100,000 spectators, than the original occasion, which was far less photogenic. This scene is notable because it became the legitimate, historical depiction of the storming of the Winter Palace owing to the lack of print or film documenting the actual event, which led historians and filmmakers to use Eisenstein's recreation. This illustrates October's success as a propaganda film. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October:_Ten_Days_That_Shook_the_World
Trade Mark
[single frame insert] His movies often features several single frames that flash on the screen in the middle of a scene (Fight Club (1999)). Fluid tracking camera which can access anywhere; a digital age innovation in camera movement pioneered by David Fincher and Kevin Tod Haug along with BUF Paris (perhaps inspired by earlier developments of Max Ophüls and Stanley Kubrick). [Silhouettes] Frequently has characters in the shadows where you cannot make out their face (Kevin Spacey in Se7en (1995) and Brad Pitt in Fight Club (1999)). His films often end in suicidal tendencies. His films often have low-key lighting with green or blue tinted color temperature. Wide shots frequently casts Brad Pitt (Se7en (1995), Fight Club (1999), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)). Often displays end credits as slide shows (Fight Club, Zodiac, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) or scrolling downward (Se7en) rather than the traditional upward scroll. Backstories filled with flashbacks. References to the band '311' (poster in Fight Club, cop car radio call in Zodiac) Stationary shot, unfocused background with character walking into focus. Posters almost always feature close-ups of characters' faces. Known for demanding many takes from his actors. Frequently collaborates with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for musical scores http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000399/bio#trademarkPrinciples of editing
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Task three:
Fast 5
Fast 5 creates meaning through the use of collage, tempo and timing.
The opening of the film begins with multiple shots fading in and out at a steady pace at around 4 seconds given per shot. It then opens up into full length shots without fading, then changing to normal 4 second shots cutting to different perspectives. The tempo of each shot gets faster as the music gets louder with a more intense backing.
Fast 5 has story- centred editing and develops the construction of meaning.
The editing within the film keeps a fast paced, ‘jumpy’ sensation with each cut. As the sequence on screen gets more interesting the cuts get shorter, especially with each action that happens, for instance when Brian breaks, it shows a half second clip of his foot slamming onto the pedal then another half second shot of him turning the steering wheel.
Most of the shots in the sequence are close ups and long shots of facial expressions, actions and the entire situation on location. All of the shots of the main characters are of eye-line matches, giving the sense that they are equals to the audience and that they can relate to them.
Importing footage:By selecting Impost from the drop down file menu you can select all of the footage from a folder (or multiple folders finish by pressing select and all the clips or images you have selected will be added to your footage pool which can be seen in the top left hand corner of the image below.
Import menu:
Cutting clips:play dragging the clips from your left hand pool to drop on the left hand of the two video frames, you may then proceed to utilise the command keys to select the piece of the clip your particularly require the length and sequence will be shown highlighted in blue beneath the clip thumbnail on your time line.
arranging footage:Once you have cut your clip to the designated size required you can drag your clip from the left hand frame and place it on your time line sequencer beneath it at any point on the time line you desire, the clip can then be moved at anytime if required to adjust the chronology.
Applying Effects:On the bottom left hand side of your screen you will find an effects pool with multiple drop down options such as video effects,video transitions,audio effects etc. By selecting the effects option you have access to any number of varied effects which can use to whatever ends you desire you simply have to drag and drop the effect upon the clip. Its properties can then be adjusted in the drop down menu located in the left hand video frame, you must select the name of the effect and various adjustments then become available dependant upon the effect chosen.
Applying Transitions:On the bottom left hand side of your screen you will find an effects pool with multiple drop down options such as video effects,video transitions,audio effects etc. By selecting the effects option you have access to any number of varied effects which can use to whatever ends you desire you simply have to drag and drop the transition upon the clip. Its properties can then be adjusted in the drop down menu located in the left hand video frame, you must select the name of the transitions and various adjustments then become available dependant upon the transition chosen.
Saving the Project: You save the project much as you would any other project or document by going to file selecting save as and placing it in a folder of your choice.
Exporting the Project:in order to export the project you must once again head to file head down to export and select media the menu featured above will then appear. The green line represents how much of your video is going to exported this may not be fully highlighted if so drag the green cursor to the end of the line so that it is fully filled. You may then proceed to the green coloured output name, by clicking on said output name you will be able to determine both the file name and its location in which it will be exported to.
Task Four
Importing footage:By selecting Impost from the drop down file menu you can select all of the footage from a folder (or multiple folders finish by pressing select and all the clips or images you have selected will be added to your footage pool which can be seen in the top left hand corner of the image below.
Import menu:
Cutting clips:play dragging the clips from your left hand pool to drop on the left hand of the two video frames, you may then proceed to utilise the command keys to select the piece of the clip your particularly require the length and sequence will be shown highlighted in blue beneath the clip thumbnail on your time line.
arranging footage:Once you have cut your clip to the designated size required you can drag your clip from the left hand frame and place it on your time line sequencer beneath it at any point on the time line you desire, the clip can then be moved at anytime if required to adjust the chronology.
Applying Effects:On the bottom left hand side of your screen you will find an effects pool with multiple drop down options such as video effects,video transitions,audio effects etc. By selecting the effects option you have access to any number of varied effects which can use to whatever ends you desire you simply have to drag and drop the effect upon the clip. Its properties can then be adjusted in the drop down menu located in the left hand video frame, you must select the name of the effect and various adjustments then become available dependant upon the effect chosen.
Applying Transitions:On the bottom left hand side of your screen you will find an effects pool with multiple drop down options such as video effects,video transitions,audio effects etc. By selecting the effects option you have access to any number of varied effects which can use to whatever ends you desire you simply have to drag and drop the transition upon the clip. Its properties can then be adjusted in the drop down menu located in the left hand video frame, you must select the name of the transitions and various adjustments then become available dependant upon the transition chosen.
Saving the Project: You save the project much as you would any other project or document by going to file selecting save as and placing it in a folder of your choice.
Exporting the Project:in order to export the project you must once again head to file head down to export and select media the menu featured above will then appear. The green line represents how much of your video is going to exported this may not be fully highlighted if so drag the green cursor to the end of the line so that it is fully filled. You may then proceed to the green coloured output name, by clicking on said output name you will be able to determine both the file name and its location in which it will be exported to.
