Wednesday, September 17, 2008

My first video

The Katoomba train arriving Springwood station 5.17 pm, camera - Canon Powershot, edited - MS Movie Maker, music - Beethoven from Windows XP sample, shadow - me.

Yes we are mindful that one of the earlierst pieces of moving film was 'Arrivee d'un train en gare a La Ciotat', made in 1896 by Louis Lumière, which demonstrates a movement towards the camera that became a standard method for staging action for years to come. Audience reaction to the film was great - stories tell of patrons backing away from the screen to avoid the oncoming train. We don't need to go that far though...we now have office chairs with wheels, wheeeee!