Seminary Girls James H. White Analysis

James H. White’s, Seminary Girls (1897), was a mise-en-scène, social actuality -scenic (documentary) comedy, filmed with a stationary camera in a single shot, long shot According to Cinema in Context “In general, pre-1904 films used the long shot. The long shot (showing the entire length of the human body, also called a “tableau shot” or a “proscenium-arch shot”) arguably emerged from a theatrical perspective, as it replicated the point of view of the front row of a theatre.” There did not appear to be any editing, as it seemed to be 20 seconds of one roll of film.
The film appears to be a social documentary of girls having fun in a boarding school setting, when perhaps, they should be in be. When interrupted by the head mistress, they