Great Train Bribery

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In the late 1890’s to early 1900’s, motion pictures ("flickers") were no longer innovative experiments entertainment medium for the working-class. Many turned to Kinetoscope parlors, and lecture halls as storefronts turned into nickelodeon. Admission was 5 cents (sometimes a dime) and was open and available from early morning to midnight. Film stock is an analog medium that is used for recording motion pictures or animations. This is a strip or sheet of transparent plastic film base coated on one side with a gelatin emulsion containing microscopically small light-sensitive silver halide crystals. The size and other characteristics of the crystals determine the sensitivity, contrast, and resolution of the film. The four general types of films…show more content…
Porter. He was a former Edison Studios cameraman. Actors in the movie included Alfred C. Abadie, Broncho Billy Anderson, and Justus D. Barnes - although there were no credits. Even though this was considered a Western, it was filmed in Milltown, New Jersey. At ten minutes long, “The Great Train Robbery” film is regarded as a milestone in filmmaking, expanding on Porter's previous work, “Life of an American Fireman”. The film used a number of unconventional techniques. These included composite editing, on-location shooting, and frequent camera movement. The film is one of the earliest to use the technique of cross-cutting, in which two scenes are shown to be occurring simultaneously, but in different locations. Some prints were also hand-colored in certain scenes. Techniques used in “The Great Train Robbery” were also inspired by those used in Frank Mottershaw's British film, “A Daring Daylight Burglary”, released earlier in the year. Film historians now largely consider, “The Great Train Robbery” to be the first American action film as well as the first Western film with a "recognizable…show more content…
Its unusual length, lavish production values, innovative special effects, and emphasis on storytelling were markedly influential on other film-makers. It also truly influenced the development of narrative film as a whole. Scholars have commented upon the film's extensive use of pataphysical and anti-imperialist satire, as well as on its wide influence on later filmmakers. The film’s artistic significance within the French theatrical féerie tradition is also notable. Though the film disappeared into obscurity after Méliès's retirement from the movie industry, it was rediscovered in the late 1920s. At this time, Méliès's importance to the history of cinema was first being recognized by film devotees. An original hand-colored print was discovered in 1993 and restored in
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