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| GHcool |
Posted - 01/16/2007 : 01:06:52
There's a review I want to write for a famous late 19th century / early 20th century film. I think it was by the Lumiere Brothers. Its just a shot of a guy running taken while the camera was on a car speeding along in front of the guy. Maybe Lemmycaution would know? Noncentz would too, but we haven't seen him in a while.  |
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| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 01/16/2007 : 09:34:44
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Originally posted by GHcool
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
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Originally posted by GHcool
There's a review I want to write for a famous late 19th century / early 20th century film. I think it was by the Lumiere Brothers. Its just a shot of a guy running taken while the camera was on a car speeding along in front of the guy. Maybe Lemmycaution would know? Noncentz would too, but we haven't seen him in a while.
I'll keep looking for you GHC, but meanwhile, if you want to see all the known Lumiere shorts and you have QuickTime, go here!
Maybe it was an Edison film, but it seems unlikely since Edison and his associates were less likely to take the camera out on the streets than the Lumieres.
I agree it's unlikely to be Edison/Dickson, but I'll keep looking. HOWEVER ... I did find this tiny reference about a L. Bros film which mentions a tracking shot - very rare in those days! Sadly it doesn't provide a title. 
From the Yo Liverpool messageboard discussing the creation of a new film database related to the city/
"RARE footage charting the ever-changing face of Liverpool�s landscape will be used to create a massive internet film database about the city.
News reels, amateur footage and film clips dating back to 1897 are being brought together for the nostalgic project to document the city�s architectural history.
A team of four researchers from the University of Liverpool are scouring archives nationally and locally to source footage, and are also working with independent film buffs.
They hope to have a basic site online soon but the project will be completed in 2008 to coincide with Capital of Culture year.
Gems already uncovered include clips created by the Lumiere Brothers, who were credited with holding the first public film screening. They include the first tracking shot filmed from Liverpool�s overhead railway as well as footage taken of Dale Street in 1901 from the front of a city tram.
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OR OR OR OR
THIS NICE SITE
details all Edison films, both with Dickson and Edwin S Porter [sadly no relation]
While none of the titles seems focused on your criteria, the handful of shorts made around fireman might easily have contained the shot you described.
But I suspect there's a more likely candidate. I'll keep looking!! 
Just a thought ... are you sure you don't mean Mike Jitlov's 1979 short The Wizard of Speed and Time, which uses sfx to present a man moving at insane speed?  
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| GHcool |
Posted - 01/16/2007 : 05:33:39
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
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Originally posted by GHcool
There's a review I want to write for a famous late 19th century / early 20th century film. I think it was by the Lumiere Brothers. Its just a shot of a guy running taken while the camera was on a car speeding along in front of the guy. Maybe Lemmycaution would know? Noncentz would too, but we haven't seen him in a while.
I'll keep looking for you GHC, but meanwhile, if you want to see all the known Lumiere shorts and you have QuickTime, go here!
Maybe it was an Edison film, but it seems unlikely since Edison and his associates were less likely to take the camera out on the streets than the Lumieres. |
| lemmycaution |
Posted - 01/16/2007 : 03:34:44
Sorry, but it dosen't ring a bell. Hope you find it. I think I know what your review is. I'll PM yoiu with my guess. |
| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 01/16/2007 : 01:28:34
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Originally posted by GHcool
There's a review I want to write for a famous late 19th century / early 20th century film. I think it was by the Lumiere Brothers. Its just a shot of a guy running taken while the camera was on a car speeding along in front of the guy. Maybe Lemmycaution would know? Noncentz would too, but we haven't seen him in a while.
I'll keep looking for you GHC, but meanwhile, if you want to see all the known Lumiere shorts and you have QuickTime, go here!
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