This short film (about 15 seconds) is the first film to ever include sound in film. I repeat: the first sound film! It features a man playing violin while 2 other men dance. There is no argument about this being the first sound film, (people have continuously argued about "Roundhay Garden Scene" by le Prince being the worlds first celluloid film) because this was probably the only sound film made at the time. Just saying that this short deserves 9 out of 10 stars. I thought the violin that is heard to go with the film was very pretty and pleasant to listen to.
This film is of big historic value and film buffs will be fascinated by it.
Of course the sound wasn't part of the film, because this was made on a reel of film like all the others at the time. The history of it is that to create the sound to go with the film, Edison used the Kinetophone, a proto-sound-film system. Apparently the Kinetophone was not a real sound-film system; the music doesn't go with the action. Also we do not hear the footsteps of the men dancing, just the violin. So while this film gets credit for being the first attempt at making sound with film, in truth the sound and the film were not all one device, not like if we were to record something similar with a modern camera. Remember that now.
Still, historically important because it's the thought that counts. Edison was on the right track.
This film is of big historic value and film buffs will be fascinated by it.
Of course the sound wasn't part of the film, because this was made on a reel of film like all the others at the time. The history of it is that to create the sound to go with the film, Edison used the Kinetophone, a proto-sound-film system. Apparently the Kinetophone was not a real sound-film system; the music doesn't go with the action. Also we do not hear the footsteps of the men dancing, just the violin. So while this film gets credit for being the first attempt at making sound with film, in truth the sound and the film were not all one device, not like if we were to record something similar with a modern camera. Remember that now.
Still, historically important because it's the thought that counts. Edison was on the right track.