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The Game-Keeper's Son
''The Game-Keeper's Son'' (), is a 1906 French silent short film directed by Alice Guy-Blaché.Review and link to watch the film: Plot When two poachers kill a game-keeper in the performance of his duties, his young son tracks them down. Despite their almost killing him, he leads the police in pursuit of the one who flees and eventually avenges his father. Production and release The film was entirely shot on location in and near the Fontainebleau forest. It was directed by Alice Guy-Blaché and produced by the Gaumont Film Company. It was released in France between April and August 1906. Analysis The film is composed of five scenes, comprising 10 shots, linked by continuity editing. The fist scene consists of an establishing shot showing the game-keeper saying good bye to his wife and two sons in front of his house. Once he has left, the older boy, who was forbidden by his father to follow him, leaves nevertheless behind him after making his little brother promise not to bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Guy-Blaché
Alice Ida Antoinette Guy-Blaché ( Guy; ; 1 July 1873 – 24 March 1968) was a French pioneer film director. She was one of the first filmmakers to make a Narrative film, narrative fiction film, as well as the first woman to direct a film. From 1896 to 1906, she was probably the only female filmmaker in the world. She experimented with Gaumont Film Company, Gaumont's Chronophone Sync sound, sync-sound system, and with color-tinting, interracial casting, and special effects. She was artistic director and a co-founder of Solax Studios in Flushing, New York. In 1912, Solax invested $100,000 for a new studio in Fort Lee, New Jersey, the center of American filmmaking prior to the establishment of Hollywood. That year, she made the film ''A Fool and His Money (1912 film), A Fool and His Money'', probably the first to have an all-African Americans, African-American cast. The film is now preserved at the National Center for Film and Video Preservation at the American Film Institute for i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaumont Film Company
Gaumont SA () is a French film and television production and distribution company headquartered in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Founded by the engineer-turned-inventor Léon Gaumont (1864–1946) in 1895, it is the oldest extant film company in the world, established before other studios such as Pathé (founded in 1896), Titanus (1904), Nordisk Film (1906), Universal, Paramount, and Nikkatsu (all founded in 1912). Gaumont predominantly produces, co-produces, and distributes films, and in 2011, 95% of Gaumont's consolidated revenues came from the film division. The company is also a producer of TV series through Gaumont Télévision and animation through Gaumont Animation as well as its existing French production features. Gaumont is run by Nicolas Seydoux (chairman) and Sidonie Dumas (CEO). History Originally dealing in photographic apparatus, the company began producing short films in 1897 to promote its make of camera-projector. Léon Gaumont's secretary Alice Guy-Blachà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |