"The Gate of the Factory"

On December 28, 1895, French photographer Louis Lumiere held the first screening with a moving film machine at the Grand Cafe on Rue Cabusin Paris, which was a great success, which is considered to mark the birth of the film.

As an outstanding photographer, Lumiere was good at fast photography and invented a machine that was both a camera, a projector and a developer. The first film he made was a promotional film "The Gate of the Factory", which showed the scene when the Lumiere factory in Lyon, France was off work. The film was only over a minute long, but it was the first film in the world. Therefore, it occupies an important position in the history of film. It is one of the must-see films for graduate students of film art in universities around the world.

The content of the movie is: The door of the Lumiere factory slowly opens, and a group of female workers wearing ribbon-tied feather hats, tights, floor-dragging skirts, and aprons around their waists walk out first, followed by a group of male workers pushing bicycles. In the opposite direction of the more than 100 busy workers who filed out, the factory owners entered the factory in a carriage pulled by two fine horses. While avoiding vehicles, the young ladies walked quickly, showing the joy of their leisure time. There was also a big bouncing dog running out of the gate. After that, the factory guard came out and quickly closed the factory door. Lumiere used the huge scene of a team of workers to show the grand scale of his factory and convey his inner joy and pride. From the time this film was broadcast to the end of 1896, more than a hundred types of patented film machines had developed, and the film developed rapidly since then.