The Dawn of Cinema, Part I of II

YiFeng & Lily discuss the dawn of cinema, context and how to watch silent films. They review the top films from 1898-1907: 1898 – Santa Claus (Smith; England; 77sec) 1899 – Maple Leaf Viewing (Shibata; Japan; 2min) 1900 – The Enchanted Drawing (Blackton; New Jersey; 2min) 1901? The Maasbrug in Rotterdam (Nöggerath? Netherlands; 85sec) 1904 – Westinghouse Works (Bitzer; New Jersey; 70min) 1905 – The Misadventure… (Mullens; Netherlands; 5min) 1906 – The Story of the Kelly Gang (Tait; Australia; 60min) 1907? Dranem Performs ‘The True Jiu-Jitsu’ (Guy; France; 2min)|  00:00 Why did I create this podcast? ~6:50 Context is King! ~9:14 Historic context leading upto silent films ~14:50 How film preserves the image on nitrate ~31:00 Intro. & discussions to the 10 films we have watched ~1:28:00 Conclusion/wrap up Recorded on August 2nd, 2019