THE CINEMATOGRAPH: CINEMA IS BORN

In 1895 the Lumiere Brothers invented the cinematograph. This machine can films or record images in motion.

THE LUMIERE BROTHERS


THE CINEMATOGRAPH:



What the Lumière Brothers film? They film quotidian activities in Paris, in 189. For example:

- A little boy eating
- Workers getting out of a factory
- Buliders destroying a wall
- Men playing cards

But a Lumière Brothers also filmed humorous gags. Like this:

Lumière Brothers' films are very short and limited( without color and sound). But they are very important because they were the pioneers of cinema. Besides, these images are historic documents that permit us to know the past. Cinema also works as a historic document.