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Auguste Lumière: 150th Birthday

th 150° Auguste Lumière was born 150 years ago (19 October 1862). Auguste and his brother Louis, scientists by profession, invented a machine called cinematograph. They made many famous films and presented them to a large audience for the first time in history. Anniversary The Lumière brothers were born in Besançon, France, in 1862 and 1864. After moving to Lyon, their father Claude-Antoine Lumière started a company for making photographs, where physicist Louis and manager Auguste gained their experience and ran a highly successful business. Louis was a key-figure in scientifically improving the dry-plate photo- graphic process, which was a major step towards moving images and the invention of an early film camera CINEMATOGRAPHE LUMIÈRE Perforations are little holes on film material which the brothers Lumière 17m patented (originally designed by Emile Reynaud) so the film could easily advance through the camera and projector. The First Public Film Screening Each film is 17 meters long, which, Paris/December 28, 1895/Salon when hand cranked Indien du Grand Café – the through a projector, runs approximately 50 seconds. historical place and time of the first ever film screenings in front of a large audience, with the help of the cinematograph that could project images on the wall. One of the ten films showed was the 50s famous Sortie des Usines Lumière à Lyon (Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory). Cinematograph Patent is the greatest invention from the brothers Lumière, patented on 13 February 1895. The film camera and the projector are all in one machine. The camera shoots the image on perforated film and the projector screens it on the wall. for cinematograph was shared by both brothers, but Louis Lumière was the one who generated the scientific idea of making the machine. Other Cinema Cinema - Mass Medium Pioneers The Lumière brothers were the first to test the effect of cinema on a large audience. The screening encouraged two emotions: interest and fear. Interest was charged with cinema tickets and the unexpected fear occurred when people thought the approaching Edison, Eastman and Muybridge were all cinematic innovators of the 19th century, alongside the French brothers. However, the birth of cinema is still considered to date to December 28, train would run them down from the screen. Infographic Box 2012. Creative director: Boris Benko Sources: ideas4writers, Wikipedia, biography4u.com 1895 and the first public screening with the help of the cinematograph. The Americans bought the machine's patent All information and materials are obtained from a publicly available sources believed to be accurate, and are subject to copyrights owned by other individuals or entities, appropriately stated under the sources list. from the Lumière brothers and later perfected it. InfographicBox" IDS www.infographicbox.com

Auguste Lumière: 150th Birthday

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(19 October 1862) French inventor, photographic pioneer, and filmmaker was born 150 years ago (19 October 1862). Auguste and his brother Louis, scientists by profession, invented a machine called cine...

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