History of short films

Many people refer to the Lumière brothers as the founders and creators of cinema. The Lumière brothers were born in the French state of Lyon. The brothers always had a strong interest in film from a young age as there father had a photographic business. The world first saw the love for film and photography when they created a highly sensitive photographic plate. The success of this allowed the family to build a factory on the outskirts of Lyon by the middle of the 1880’s they were employing thunders of people.

The Lumière brothers went from strength to strength and there love for film and photography led to the creation Cinématographe which was not only a camera but also a printer and projector. The first screening of a short film took place in the basement of the Grand Café in the boulevard des Capucines in Paris on 28 December 1895. The Lumières’ first film was shot outside their factory as the workers left at the end of the day. I feel that the Lumière brothers created maybe one of the most important pieces of technology, which has had such a huge impact on the future of the film history and short film history.