- La Mer (film)
Infobox Film
name = La Mer
image_size = 175px
caption = Screencap from "La Mer"
director =Louis Lumière
producer = Louis Lumière
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cinematography = Louis Lumière
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released =1895
runtime = 38 seconds
country =France
language = Silent
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imdb_id = 0000023"La Mer" (also known as "The Sea") is an 1895 French short
black-and-white silentdocumentary film directed and produced byLouis Lumière . Given its age, this short film is available to freely download from the Internet.The film formed part of the first commercial presentation of the Lumière Cinématographe on
December 28 1895 at the Salon Indien, Grand Café, 14 Boulevard des Capuchins, Paris. [ cite web| url=http://www.victorian-cinema.net/venues.htm |title=Salon Indien, Grand Café, Paris| work=Who's Who of Victorian Cinema |accessdate=2007-04-05| format=HTML ]Production
As with all early Lumière movies, this film was made in a 35 mm format with an aspect ratio of 1.33:1. It was filmed by means of the
Cinématographe , an all-in-one camera, which also serves as a film projector and developer. [ cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0000023/technical |title=Technical Specifications |work=Internet Movie Database |accessdate=2007-04-06 |format= HTML ]Plot
This 38 second film has a very simple plot in which 4 men dive repeatedly into stormy water. The men walk along a
jetty and then dive into the water, only to then swim to the shore line and repeat the process again.References
External links
* [http://www.institut-lumiere.org/francais/films/1seance/1seance10.html Complete video at The Lumiere Institute]
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