Roundhay Garden SceneRoundhay Garden Scene (French: Une scène au jardin de Roundhay) is a shortsilent motion picture filmed by French inventor Louis Le Prince at Oakwood Grange in Roundhay, Leeds, in Yorkshire, England on 14 October 1888. It is believed to be the oldest surviving film. The camera used was patented in the United Kingdom on 16 November 1888.
CinematographyCinematography (from Ancient Greek (kínēma)'movement' and (gráphein)'to write, draw, paint, etc.') is the art of motion picture (and more recently, electronic video camera) photography. Cinematographers use a lens to focus reflected light from objects into a real image that is transferred to some image sensor or light-sensitive material inside the movie camera. These exposures are created sequentially and preserved for later processing and viewing as a motion picture.
Lumière brothersThe Lumière brothers (UK: , US: ; French:), Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas Lumière (19 October 1862 – 10 April 1954) and Louis Jean Lumière (5 October 1864 – 6 June 1948), were French manufacturers of photography equipment, best known for their Cinématographe motion picture system and the short films they produced between 1895 and 1905, which places them among the earliest filmmakers.
Accordion PlayerAccordion Player is a shortsilent motion picture directed by Louis Le Prince. It is one of the earliest surviving motion pictures. The brief film shows a man (Adolphe Le Prince) playing the diatonic button accordion in a single, static shot, highlighting the pioneering experiments in motion capture during the late 19th century. It was recorded on the steps of the house of Joseph Whitley, Louis's father-in-law.
Thomas EdisonThomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman known for his work on the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, electric power distribution and early motion pictures. The merger of the Edison General Electric Company and the competitor Thomson-Houston Electric Company resulted in the formation of General Electric. Edison registered 1,093 patents in the United States.
William Kennedy DicksonWilliam Kennedy Laurie Dickson (3 August 1860 – 28 September 1935) was a British-American inventor who devised an early motion picture camera under the employment of Thomas Edison. Early lifeWilliam Kennedy Dickson was born on 3 August 1860 in Le Minihic-sur-Rance, Brittany, France. His mother, Elizabeth Kennedy-Laurie (1823–1879) was American, born in Virginia. His father was James Waite Dickson, a Scottish artist, astronomer and linguist.FilmVisual art consisting of moving imagesA Trip to the Moon (1902) is considered to be a turning point in the development of narrative and science fiction films.A film, movie, or motion picture is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and sometimes feature other sensory stimuli.
Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge1888 silent film Traffic Crossing Leeds BridgeThe filmDirected byLouis Le PrinceCinematographyLouis Le PrinceRelease date 1888 (1888) Running time3 secondsCountryUnited KingdomLanguageSilent Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge is a short silent motion picture directed by Louis Le Prince; it is an early motion picture capturing everyday life.
Wordsworth DonisthorpeWordsworth Donisthorpe (24 March 1847 – 30 January 1914) was an English barrister, individualist anarchist and inventor, pioneer of cinematography and chess enthusiast. Life and workDonisthorpe was born in Leeds, on 24 March 1847. His father was George E. Donisthorpe, also an inventor; his brother, Horace Donisthorpe, was a myrmecologist. He studied at Leeds Grammar School and Trinity College, Cambridge.
LeedsCity in West Yorkshire, EnglandCity and metropolitan borough in EnglandLeeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. The city was a small manorial borough in the 13th century and a market town in the 16th century.
William Friese-GreeneWilliam Friese-Greene (born William Edward Green, 7 September 1855 – 5 May 1921) was a prolific English inventor and professional photographer. He was known as a pioneer in the field of motion pictures, having devised a series of cameras between 1888–1891 and shot moving pictures with them in London. He went on to patent an early two-colour filming process in 1905.
AccordionAccordions (from 19th-century German Akkordeon, from Akkord—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed in a frame). The essential characteristic of the accordion is to combine in one instrument a melody section, also called the diskant, usually on the right-hand keyboard, with an accompaniment or basso continuo functionality on the left-hand.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.