{"id":474990,"date":"2022-07-17T16:08:56","date_gmt":"2022-07-17T13:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-early-days-of-cinema-explained\/"},"modified":"2022-07-17T16:08:56","modified_gmt":"2022-07-17T13:08:56","slug":"the-early-days-of-cinema-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-early-days-of-cinema-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Early Days of Cinema, Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af0670b95818\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af0670b95818\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-early-days-of-cinema-explained\/#%E2%80%9CThe_Early_Days_of_Cinema_Explained%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;The Early Days of Cinema, Explained&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-early-days-of-cinema-explained\/#Watch_%E2%80%9CThe_First_Movies%E2%80%9D\" >Watch \u201cThe First Movies\u201d:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-early-days-of-cinema-explained\/#Who_made_this\" >Who made this?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-early-days-of-cinema-explained\/#More_videos_like_this\" >More videos like this<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CThe_Early_Days_of_Cinema_Explained%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;The Early Days of Cinema, Explained&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<pre><code>     &lt;span class=\"mx-1\"&gt;Turns out that making bank on technological spectacle is at the backbone of movie making. Cool.&lt;\/span&gt;\n&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;div id=\"\"&gt;\n\n\n\n                &lt;figure class=\"sf-entry-featured-media \"&gt;\n            &lt;img width=\"800\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/early-cinema-edison-sneeze.jpeg\" class=\"articlethumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"Early Cinema Edison Sneeze\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/early-cinema-edison-sneeze.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/early-cinema-edison-sneeze-768x583.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/&gt;                                    &lt;p&gt;\n                    &lt;span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\"&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> Screencap&lt;\/span&gt;\n\n                        &lt;\/figure&gt;\n\n    &lt;!-- START BYLINE --&gt;\n    &lt;div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center my-4 text-center medium dark-gray\"&gt;\n        By\u00a0Meg Shields\u00a0\u00b7 Published on July 17th, 2022 \n        &lt;\/div&gt;\n    &lt;!-- END BYLINE --&gt;\n\n    &lt;em&gt;Welcome to The Queue \u2014 your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. Today, we\u2019re watching a video essay that unpacks the early days of movie-making, from phonographs to the Cin\u00e9matographe.&lt;\/em&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<hr\/>\n<p>It can be difficult to wrap your head around the early days of cinema; that exploratory period between the 19th and 20th centuries where innovators were pioneering a whole new medium of creative expression.<\/p>\n<p>Only, as anyone who has an interest in early film will tell you, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a> weren\u2019t originally considered to be \u201ccreative\u201d in the way we think about them today. Not even by the big names (Thomas Edison, The Lumi\u00e8re Brothers, etc.) who created them. Movies were seen as disposable entertainment, which is part of the reason why so many of them are lost to history. And yet, as the following video essay argues, even despite their best efforts, filmmakers were inadvertently forging the language of a new artistic medium.<\/p>\n<p>The following video essay describes not only the technologies that powered the earliest films but the emergence of business strategies and creative trends that define the art form to this day. We still see studios today <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eal to the lowest common denominator to make the most money. And while back in the late 1800s, that meant \u201cshowing people entropic static shots of people doing a single task,\u201d the principle is the same. The trajectory of cinema is tied up with technical spectacle. There\u2019s a straight line between a 19th-century Parisian audience losing their minds over the crisp image of the cin\u00e9matographe and modern-day audiences who say, \u201cyou\u2019ve <em>got\u00a0<\/em>to see\u00a0<em>Top Gun: Maverick\u00a0<\/em>in IMAX if you can.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Watch_%E2%80%9CThe_First_Movies%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>Watch \u201cThe First Movies\u201d:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How The First Movies Were Made\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZT7WcE3kLAY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_made_this\"><\/span>Who made this?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p id=\"block-19294f9d-99fc-4cee-8ca7-135f7eaf7b45\">This video on early cinema\u2019s first steps into the public sphere was created by Luiza Liz Bond and Lewis Michael Bond, the duo behind <strong>The Cinema Cartography<\/strong>. Her videos investigate the intersections of film and philosophy. You can check out The Cinema Cartography\u2019s website\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecinemacartography.com\/\">here<\/a>. You can check out their back catalog of videos\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/ArtRegard\/videos\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_videos_like_this\"><\/span>More videos like this<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<pre><code>    Related Topics: film history, History, The Queue\n    &lt;!-- AUTHOR BOX --&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<div class=\"gray-bg p-4 border small mb-5\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center text-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/meg.jpg\" class=\"circle img-fluid\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md\">\n            Meg Shields is the humble farm boy of your dreams and a senior contributor at Film School Rejects. She currently runs three columns at FSR: The Queue, How&#8217;d They Do That?, and Horrorscope. She is also a curator for One Perfect Shot and a freelance writer for hire. Meg can be found screaming about John Boorman&#8217;s &#8216;Excalibur&#8217; on Twitter here: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheWorstNun\">@TheWorstNun<\/a>. (She\/Her).        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<pre><code>    &lt;!-- START RECOMMENDED READING 1 --&gt;\n                                &lt;section class=\"recommended py-5\"&gt;\n            &lt;h3&gt;Recommended Reading&lt;\/h3&gt;\n\n\n        &lt;\/section&gt;\n            &lt;!-- END RECOMMENDED READING --&gt;\n\n\n\n\n&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"&gt;&lt;\/script&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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