Comparing Early Cinema (1895-1910) With Mainstream Narrative Cinema

Compare and contrast early cinema (1895 – 1910) with mainstream narrative cinema

The history of film was set in motion in the late 1880’s with the development in camera and film technology. There has been deliberation about who were the first to broadcast film, however after much research it is believed that the first projection was introduced by the late French born Auguste Marie Louis Nicholas and Louis Jean, famously known as ‘the Lumiere brothers’. Cinema started of more as an art, favouring the Avante - Garde movement, a movement introduced in the late 1800’s that refers to the examination of culture and politics through art in an experimental, imaginative and innovative way. It was exhibited for pleasure and to a small group of interested spectators, viewed more that of something of a hobby. Early cinema narrative was designed on a completely sterile slate, by artists ‘who had not already been taught how to regard the cinema by a thousand other writers’ Murch, W. Conversely, with the passion for cinema and photography, technology has been developed over the years, and now cinema has become one of the most influential ways of communication and pleasure to the masses.

In this essay, I aim to explore similarities, differences and influences within early cinema
He then spits some beer out, and through his composure and his animalistic behavior, subconsciously we have automatically depicted that he as the protagonist may deserve any wrong coming towards him. We see the man stumble and consequently tries to regain balance by grasping hold of the lamppost. As he struggles whilst waving his handkerchief around hysterically, assuming he is calling for help, a policeman appears on screen and ushers him off. We then follow him on a journey to his bed, where he and his bed take a trip above town and ‘thus suffers spectacular hullicanary dreams’ (Youngdahl.