ARRIVAL OF THE TRAINLUMIERE BROTHERS

BY HARMEET KAUR

BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT THIS FILM Directed by Auguste Lumière

Louis Lumière

Produced by Auguste LumièreLouis Lumière

Cinematography Louis LumièreProductioncompany Société Lumière Brothers

Distributed by Société LumièreRelease dates •25 January 1896 (1896-01-25)Running time 50 secondsCountry FranceLanguage Silent

NO EDITING

In the film ‘Arrival of the train’ there is no editing used as you can see in this still it is all in black and white. The reason why they didn’t have editing in this movie is because they didn’t know anything about editing such as fast cutting rate or different types of transections that are used in modern day movies now. In this film there is only one shot being used which is a continuous shot and the camera is placed in one place throughout the whole film. If they did know abut editing they could of used different types of shots such as close ups and mid- shots, splicing and fad in and out. If they had used these editing techniques it would of made the film more engaging.

The lumiere brothers made the film called‘ Arrival of the train’. This film was about factory workers who had finished their work, In this film people are waiting for a their train, the train comes and get on the train. The Limiere brothers had recorded daily life in a camera which was a very interesting thing for people in that time because people hadn’t seen it on a screen and some hadn't seen this scene in their life.

ACTUAL EVENTS

This is screen shot of the train arriving at the platform and the people walking towards the train to get on.

This screen shot shows people try to get on the train. This is an actual event; the Limiere brothers didn’t get people to act like they are were getting on the train, t hey are already waiting for the train.

This picture shows a picture of the train platform where the train is arriving on.

NO NARRATIVE The film had no narrative, all that was shown was a load of people waiting for a train, the train comes and the people get on the train. This is shown in the pictures below from picture 1 being the beginning to picture 2 being the ending. There are many problems with not having a narrative for example no narrative means that the audience watching don’t know what's going on. Another reason why is because it does not have a structure that anyone can follow, it makes the film boring; however in Melies time it was a very big and interesting which made it good enough for people.

Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3

No editing, Shot contained, No pause, long scene, No sound, the camera was set in one place, no change of angels, no stop during the filming lastly they showed the truth of the daily life of peoples lives in those days.

One continuous shot