Cinema: moving pictures or the industry of making films
Today I’m going to write about cinema. I’m interested in this topic because watching films can help us understand a great deal about life and human relationships. Every time we watch a film, we learn about other worlds, lifestyles and cultures and at the same time, we travel about two hours to other realities.
Cinema is important because as a teacher, I can use films, short films, documentaries, trailers or clips to present topics or issues so students can discuss or debate. And that's only one possibility to use a film because there are so many.
Cinema is important because as a teacher, I can use films, short films, documentaries, trailers or clips to present topics or issues so students can discuss or debate. And that's only one possibility to use a film because there are so many.
By watching clips or documentaries, we can learn how different and important other realities are. Even if can't travel, we can learn about other cultures by choosing any foreign film from far countries or maybe from far regions in our country -but no matter where the film comes from, the images will make us travel to that place so we can feel as people there feel.
If we consider the origins of cinema, in China, for example, 5,000 years ago, they used firelight to project images of puppets onto screens and this was called “shadow plays”.
If we consider the origins of cinema, in China, for example, 5,000 years ago, they used firelight to project images of puppets onto screens and this was called “shadow plays”.
Cinema became possible by the invention of two French brothers, Louis and Auguste Lumiere, in 1895. The Lumiere Cinematograph” allowed large audiences to watch “moving pictures”. They showed several short films and they were all documentaries. Then, we have The Silent Era (1912), and some other important periods in the history of cinema such as: The Talkies (1928), The Golden Age (1932), The TV Revolution (1950) after the Second World War as well as the Modern Film Industry.
I’m going to conclude by quoting Auguste Lumiere, who said: “Cinema can be exploited for a certain time but apart from that, it has no commercial value at all”. I’d love to hear what Auguste Lumiere would say about making films in this century, after all the commercial value given to the Modern Film Industry.
Excellent article!! I had no idea of the game of shadows.
ReplyDeleteI also love cinema, and I know new worlds.
The cinema is a very interesting subject! Today I saw a movie called "Case 39" is a horror movie, is very good!
ReplyDeleteI don't have idea that cinema is so important. This this theme expresses very well the human culture!
ReplyDeleteIt´s a good resourse use the movie for explain some things to the students. I liked this post :D
ReplyDeleteWhat a great post! i also think that cinema is really important for life because it can serve like a hobbie, a discraction and to know about other cultures and ways to live.
ReplyDeleteThe cinema is very important for all of us because teach us a lot of thing, but also are a very bad movies and aren´t content to learn something.
ReplyDeletei really like your post, the cinema has become a very important part of our lives in this times.
ReplyDeleteHi teacher!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great topic! I like cinema too and I’m agree with cinema is important to understand many social things. I would hope we can see some short film in a class someday!
Very interesting, I agree with you, cinema can be a instrument to learn more about other realities, show us the world and another lifes. I love watching movies, but i dont have many free time for do it sadly.
ReplyDeleteHello :) nice post, I think cinema can be a very beautiful way of showing different ways of feeling, but most films are simply attempts to reproduce or impose hegemonic culture beliefs, because saying the easiest thing to say is the easiest way of selling movies.
ReplyDeleteSee you :)
I had never thought in cinema of that way. It`s true that you can know unimaginable places only with watch a film. Even though I don´t use to see movies I love going to bed and search the most absurd movies.
ReplyDeleteI didn´t know the history of cinema. It´s very incredible that the origin of cinema was in China, 5000 years ago. It´s very difficult for me to imagine that. But, I like you can use films to teach, I really like when teachers do that, it is more entertaining.
ReplyDeleteI agree that movies help to understand the lives of people, what movie has been important in your life?
ReplyDeletehi dear teacher!
ReplyDeletei agree with you, i also think the cinema and the visual arts its so important, i belive that its a enjoy way to lernr about other times, cultures and realities. see you