History of the early films

Howard Slater


Region:
Anywhere
Notice Period:
Short (maybe less than one month's notice)
Type:
Over 55 clubs U3a. WI, Professional,Rotary, Probus, JACS etc
Fee:
Paid: 75 plus .35p per mile
Category:
History
Updated:
22nd July 2022
Tagged:
Entertaiment | History

History of the early films, as an artistic medium chronicles the development of a visual art form, created using film technologies that began in the 19th century. In its infancy, film was rarely recognized as an art form by presenters or audiences. Regarded by the upper class as a "vulgar" and "lowbrow" The exact origins of the world’s first movies can be difficult to trace as people have been creating precursors to films — shadow puppetry, magic lantern projectors, and other visual storytelling aids — since prehistoric times. Most film historians do agree that the first motion pictures that could be considered films emerged in the late 1800s. Among these early cinema innovators were Thomas Edison, Georges Méliès, William K.L. Dickson, and Auguste and Louis Lumière. Many of these early films have survived in some form and are preserved by various film archives around the world Shown by original early films and slides

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About Howard Slater

Talk fees are £75.00 plus reasonable travelling expenses at 35p per mile from central London. Happy to travel to within the Greater London area as well as Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Essex, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Able to fill in at short notice if available.

My talks all use PowerPoint. The slides are richly illustrated and for clarity, I keep the number of words on each slide to a minimum.

I have a laptop, projector and will require a screen or clear wall. Talks typically are an hour each and always very happy to take questions. I can speak daytime and evenings.

All talks are by either Zoom or face-to-face where applicable. All recordings and videos are original Tel: 07359508272


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