Early Cinema to 1915

Hey everyone. In class I was talking about joining the topics of the early trick film and early science fiction. But in an attempt to gather information I came across another idea. In an article called, “Introduction: Fantastic Voyages” Harvey Greenberg, discusses the difference in audience reactions to the “train effect” and the lack of anxiety when watching early Milies sci-fi films. Since both the Lumiere films and the Milies films deal with attractions, I was thinking about looking into the topic further and seeing why specifically the emotions are different.

Since this is a little different than my last topic I was hoping for a little advice on this one. If someone could tell me what they think about this, they would make me really happy.

Good luck everyone!

 - Aron Katz

• Has anyone come across a film discussed in one of the readings- a 1918 Pathe serial film called “The Lightning Raider” starring Pearl White?  I’m trying to track it down. Best, Nadia

Early and Future Cinema Converge on April 8th 10:30am-1:30pm in the Future Cinema Lab (3rd floor of Goldfarb Centre for Fine Arts right above the Dean’s Office).
Future Cinema and Early Cinema classes are combining forces, sharing demos and curatorial project ideas.

Hope to see you all there.

Cheers,

Sharon and Caitlin