O(K), (J)ust Another Fi(L)m Post
Hey guys, I am back with five more films! We are going to see dancing, fighting, advertising, and camera movement! This is going to be an interesting post today, lets get started!
Jarabe tapatío (Veyre, 1896): In this film we get two people dancing around a group of people. Yet another cultural dancing video, I feel like we have seen all we can.
Komische Begegnung im Tiergarten zu Stockholm (Skladanowsky, 1896): Our first Swedish film comes from a director we have seen before, Max Skladanowsky! I am not sure if I would consider this the first Swedish film because Skladanowsky is a German filmmaker who happened to be filming in Sweden. It is however the first comedy film from Skladanowsky, where we see a bunch of people (two families?) in comedic conflict with each other while walking down a staircase outside. We see children falling off of bikes, being carried away by adults, and we see umbrellas get thrown around. We then get to the final conflict at the top between two couples that leads to a fisticuffs battle royal in the end. Oh, and the ending also has the word "Slut" plastered in the film, I am not sure if that was added later on or if it was part of Skladanowsky's original vision, I'm gonna go with the former.
This film is pretty crooky but I would not call it funny per say. It was interesting to watch however, definitely a welcomed film this year!
Laveuses (Lumiere Brothers, 1896): We get our second advertising film from the Lumiere Brothers. In this film we see a group of women washing clothes as a baby meanders about in the film. This film is an advertisement for the Sunlight soap brand, the same brand of soap that the Lumiere Brothers advertised in their last commercial film. I never knew that companies used films as far back as 1896 to advertise their products on film, but yet it doesn't shock me. It was definitely a clever way to get your product noticed to a larger audience. It is worth the watch just because of the historical context.
Le Ring (Lumiere Brothers, 1896): In this film we get a static of the "The Ring" in Vienna. We see a lot of people and traffic passing through in this film. It is definitely a nice looking place, but this is the same type of film that we have seen over and over again.
Leaving Jerusalem By Railway (Lumiere Brothers, 1896): We finish our post with our third Lumiere film as we get a moving shot at a train station! The camera is clearly on a train as it begins to move away from the station as people wave at the camera. It is always more interesting to watch a moving shot rather than a static shot, at least if there is nothing going on in the static shot beside people walking by. This is considered the first moving shot in film and though it is not as clean or interesting as the previous moving shot that we have seen, it is still interesting to watch and it very much an important film to know about.
We have finished up two more letters and began working on another letter! We are more than halfway through the year, which means we are getting closer to the awards post! Join me on my next post!
This does not conclude 1896.
Sidenote: There was a certain kiss I left off this post. I didn't forget! I just feel that it deserves its own post!
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