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== The cinema ==
The cinema, or motion picture, is a form of art which uses moving images to tell stories or reflect a reality. 

=== History ===
The cinema appeared in the 19th Century with the creation of two technological devices, the ''[[wikipedia:Kinetoscope|kinetograph]]'' in America and in Europe the ''[[wikipedia:Cinematograph|cinematograph.]]'' These two film cameras were used, in the beginning, to record the events of daily life such as a train arriving at a station, a family meal, workers leaving a factory, etc.  

Consequently, the '''documentary''' branch of the cinema was well explored and started in those days, when hundreds of persons were instructed to use cameras and sent in long travels to document exotic places with images. 
   
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File:La sortie des usines Lumiere.jpg|Frame from Lumière brothers’ film «La Sortie de l'usine Lumière à Lyon»
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On the other hand, '''fiction''' had also begun with these cameras. As soon as the cinema started to become more popular, artists found in it a great tool to reflect their ideas but also to tell stories.   

Georges Méliès was a magician in France who found in the cinema an excellent tool to improve his tricks; with the camera he could disappear and appear in another part of the stage, cut the head of his assistant or put faces to musical notes, for example. His films became a way to explore and enhance the potential of this new invention. Nevertheless, Méliès used his new tricks inside short stories that were written by him and using what we know nowadays as “audiovisual language”. The narrative film form was then born.    

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File:Méliès Mélomane.jpg|Frame from Méliès’  film «Le Mélomane»
File:Méliès, Un homme de têtes (Star Film 167 1898).jpg|Frame from Méliès' film «Un homme de têtes»
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<ref>GUBERN, R. (2014) ''The history of cinema.'' Barcelona, Spain. 1989. {{ISBN|978-84-339-5951-5}} </ref><ref>MARCEL, M. (2002) ''The language of cinema. '' Barcelona, Spain. 2002. ISBN: 84-7432-381-9 </ref>  


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