Cinema - a branch of human activity, by creating the moving image. Sometimes also referred to as the cinematography (from Fr. Cinématographe, obsolete. ) And cinematography. Cinema was invented in the late XIX century and became extremely n opulyaren in the XX century.
Silent Movie The first short films (15 -20 meters, about 1. 5 minutes demonstration) were mostly documentaries, but in a comedic dramatization of the Lumiere brothers' Polito waterer "reflects the tendency of origin feature films.
Color film The first surviving color film was the short film "The Dance of Loie Fuller" (born Annabelle Serpentine Dance). It was filmed in black and white in 1894, and in 1895 or in 1896, was painted by hand (brush color each kadrik). The first commercially successful color film "Journey to the Moon", created by Georges Méliès in 1902, was also painted by hand.
Documentaries Completely separate phenomenon is cinema documentary (nonfiction) movies. Called documentary film, which was based on real events and shooting parties. Reconstruction of real events do not apply to documentaries. First documentaries were produced even at the dawn of cinema. Currently documentaries become a part of cinema around the world and are often televised.
Independent American cinema This term refers to a part of the American film industry, which exists outside of the big film companies. The distinctive features of the independent American cinema is bold creative experiments and small budget films. Unlike the Hollywood cinema, independent American cinema is not as popular, but his popularity in Canada and Europe, perhaps even more than in America Prominent representatives of contemporary independent American films are Quentin Tarantino, Jim Jarmusch, David Lynch, Joel and Ethan Coen.
UK cinema Among the representatives of the British film - directed by Christopher Nolan, Alfred Hitchcock, Michael Powell and Pressburger Emery, Tony Richardson, Lindsay Anderson, Ken Loach, Derek Jarman, Peter Greenaway. And Greenaway and Jarman in films pay much attention to a peculiar visual solutions. Better known Greenaway, who pays much attention to aesthetics of each frame, filling their films with allusions to classic paintings and preoccupied with the dead and living, chaotic and orderly.
Cinema of France The French film industry is one of the most respected in the world, and in popularity is second only to Hollywood. The modern image of French cinema was formed after World War II. The so-called "new wave" in French cinema has had a strong influence on the development of cinema in the world. Among well-known directors - Jean Renoir, Marcel Carne, Jean-Luc Godard, Francois Truffaut, Bertrand Blier, Luc Besson, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Francois Ozon. The French Government is actively promoting the development and export of national cinematography.
Cinema of Germany In the 1960 -1970 -ies in Germany there for, to position itself as the "New German Cinema" (German Neuer Deutscher Film). The most prominent of his representatives were such classics have now become directors as Wim Wenders, Volker Schlöndorff, Werner Herzog, Rainer Werner Fassbinder. These directors were aimed away from the entertainment cinema in favor of sharp social, thought-provoking film.
