https://anchor.fm/watchingsilentfilms/episodes/The-Dawn-of-Cinema–Part-I-of-II-ea21j9
Here it is!!! ^ The very first episode of a brand new podcast discussing the advent of cinema itself! Hope you enjoy it! Here is the original thread that I asked about early cinema:
https://www.nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=28288
and the subsequent link from that thread we used this week to review the films:
http://zepfanman.com/2018/02/videos-world-cinema-1898-1907-10y10f2/
^Thanks to the zepfanman proprietor J. J. DiUbaldi! In case that site disappears, here is a list of films we discussed as our feature:
00:00 Why did I create this podcast?
~6:50 Context is King!
~9:14 Historic context leading upto silent films
~14:50 How film preserves the image on nitrate
~31:00 Intro. & discussions to the 10 films we have watched
~1:28:00 Conclusion/wrap up
- 1898 – Santa Claus (Smith; England; 77sec)
- 1899 – Maple Leaf Viewing (Shibata; Japan; 2min)
- 1900 – The Enchanted Drawing (Blackton; New Jersey; 2min)
- 1901? The Maasbrug in Rotterdam (Nöggerath? Netherlands; 85sec)
- 1904 – Westinghouse Works (Bitzer; New Jersey; 70min)
- 1905 – The Misadventure… (Mullens; Netherlands; 5min)
- 1906 – The Story of the Kelly Gang (Tait; Australia; 60min)
- 1907? Dranem Performs ‘The True Jiu-Jitsu’ (Guy; France; 2min)
^A Trip to the Moon and A Great Train Robbery were moved to Part II due to how long this podcast was already.
Reference from podcast: The Parade’s Gone By: https://amzn.to/2QxkQbt
Watching Silent Films 