FILM AND DIGITAL PRODUCTION.
Simulating celluloid
How a leading London laboratory mimics the magic of classic film stock
WORDS. Jake Liban Pezzack IMAGES. Various
O n 16 September 1890, inventor Louis Le Prince boarded an afternoon train at Dijon station, bound for the French capital. Stepping into the carriage, he shuffled down the aisle and settled into his seat. Pistons fired. A shrill whistle pierced the air. The express service peeled away from the platform, departing the Burgundy
region at precisely 2.42pm. Le Prince was never seen again. Before his inexplicable disappearance, Le Prince’s experiments had culminated in the world’s first motion-picture camera patent – a monumental discovery that would shape the future of film forever. Building on the dreamy panoramas of lantern shows and shadow puppetry,
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