(POST 36) TASK 1 - The Silent Era presentation

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     ROUNDHAY GARDEN SCENE







What is the basic plotline?

 It was taken in the garden of the Whitley family house in Oakwood Grange Road, Roundhay, a suburb of Leeds, Yorkshire, Great Britain, on October 14, 1888. The 'actors' are shown walking around in circles, laughing to themselves and keeping within the area framed by the camera. It lasts for less than 2 seconds and includes 12  frames per second. The two seconds of 'Roundhay Garden Scene' contains two men and two women in Roundhay Garden. One of the men seems to follow a woman while the other man is crossing the screen changing his path to the other man in the last fraction of the shot.

Who made it and who starred in it?

 It shows Adolphe Le Prince (Le Prince's son), Mrs. Sarah Whitley, (Le Prince's mother-in-law), Joseph Whitley and Miss Harriet Hartley.
The earliest film was shot by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince

How did it utilise the technology available?

 They used the Le Prince single-lens camera made in 1888, which shows that they used the newest technology in 1888. 
 Roundhay Garden Scene was recorded on an Eastman Kodak 1885 paper-based photographic film through Louis Le Prince's single lens combination camera projector.

How was it received by audiences?

 Many people were astonished by the fact that this was the first ever film made, it entertained a lot of people, when they first saw this short film. 

What is its legacy?

 Le Prince developed a single-lens camera in his workshop at 160 Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. An improved version was used to shoot his motion-picture films















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