Film Review

1. The Lumiere Brothers, The train arrival, it's a regular every day film.

2. Georges Melies,A Trip to the Moon, it's a fantasy film, it's known because of its special effects.

3. D.W. Griffith, Birth of A Nation, it's known because of the close ups and cross cutting in the film.

4. Eisenstein,Battleship Potemkin, it's known for its Montage scene.

5. Wiene, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,it's know by Chiaroscuro and it's set design.

Film Innovations Up To This Point

The first picture is from a scene in Battleship Potemkin, this piece of art is important because in this film, Sergei Eisenstein showed his audience new film techniques never seen before. The second picture is from the film, A Trip To The Moon. This film by Georges Méliès was one the first films to use amazing never before special effects from its time period. The third picture is from the first film made by the Lumière brothers using their invention the cinématographe.

German Expressionism

German Expressionism is the period of time when the Germans started to express their ideas in cinema. Two new genres in the world of cinema were made through this movement, Horror and Film Noir. Some films from this period of time include The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Metropolis, Nosferatu.