History of Film

Sergei Eisenstein 

Sergei Eisenstein was born in Russia in 1894 and died in Russia, Moscow in 1948. He use to be a set designer and director but then later when on to be a film maker, writer, producer and editor. 

His very important to film because of his creations of his montages. 

He done the montage of attraction which is lots of different clips shot in a order and when it came to editing them he put them into a different order to create a different emotion when viewing them clips again. This was something that had never been done before. By doing this the audience viewing his films were left in a different state of mind and every single person was left with a different emotion on the same thing they viewed. he loved to heavily edit his films to create emotions for different audiences. 

D . W . Griffith

  

Daivd Llewelyn Wark was born in the United states in 1875 and died in the United states in 1948.

His is viewed differently because of his racist views. 

His most famous film was called 'The Birth of a Nation' shows his views about race and it was over 3 hours long. He is known for creating film techniques such as iris and flashbacks. He was called Hollywoods first proper director. 

Georges Melies 

He was born in France in 1861 and died in France in 1938. 

He wanted to make things possible on screen which couldn't be possible to the naked eye. By the late 20's he had done over 500 films. He also created the stop trick which was when he stopped the camera from rolling, changed or moved something and then roll the camera again. For example a man in the shot then a woman takes his place. 

Lumiere Brothers 

The Lumiere brothers were French inverters and they used that to create the first public screening which was on December 28th 1895. They created the 'Cine Camera' and made over 1425 short films and their most famous film was the 'Arrival of train'.