1895, Lumeire, Workers Leaving Lumiere Factory Review
After reading A Brief History of Cinema and watching the short clips the one that stood out the most to me was the clip of the workers leaving the factory. A women named Alice Guy Blache was working as a secretary at a photography company when she noticed all the workers leaving Lumiere Factory. She then began to record this happening as the video was for over a minute long. Workers of all races were just pouring out of a factory. You see horse and carriage rides as that was the transportation in the 1800's. just watching the film and knowing how recording look now in 2023, it just shows the development of technology and the eyes of the films.
The aspect that affected me the most in the film was just the rush to get out of the factory. It gave me a feeling that everyone started work at the same time and ended at the same time as if there wasn't any shifts of rotation. The cinematography in this short film was simply seeing kids and grown-ups. It made me care about the environment and the setting of the factory and really made me want to see videos of the workers working inside. With cultural relevance I think this stands out because jobs aren't like this anymore, workers aren't poring out of factory's every-night. This is so relevant because of the need to work and it shows us the progress of evolvement we have had so far. Overall the film was very clear and showed over a minute of workers leaving rather it be walking or on a horse.
Hi Nicholas,
ReplyDeleteI also really enjoy the idea that we are watching something so old, still to this day. It really helps us see the contrast between our idea of film and there's, it helps us see how far we have come. Along with that I liked how you pointe out the way we transport too, we used to use horse and now we have advance in that aspect too. This film does show us how far we have come in many different ways in this country, from the time this was made to now.