The Great Train Robbery, an early example of how film was really different from today. From the use of single shots to having ragtime music play in the background. Alot has changed. Artistically, film was a big thing for Americans to flock to their local cinema to see it. America in the 1900's was alot different than today. TGTR had no blood and language issues as do film today. If we showed movies from today in the 1900's, they would have a heartattack. Scienctifically, it was a harder to make movies, with not being able to see what you filmed until after it was processed. So if messed the scene you had to reshoot it. So it was very time consuming.
Overall, The Great Train Robbery is an great example of early film, go take a look for yourself -----------------------------> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc7wWOmEGGY
I love the movie poster! I viewed The Great Train Robbery in a history of cinema course I took last spring. The movement was pretty fast paced. I liked how the story line was rather basic and the focus of the film was really the camera work. It was neat seeing first hand how far the film industry has come!
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