Among the main cinema characteristics highlights the possibility of being considered an art, a consumer product and a means of communication. It also stands out for its division into different genres, its technology and its diffusion capacity..
But above all these elements, the main characteristic that defines cinema is that it reproduces reality through moving images.
Cinema, a short way of calling cinematography, was invented in France by the Lumière brothers, although attempts had been made before to record and reproduce reality with other devices.
Its artistic aspect is so important that it has been baptized as the seventh art, which does not mean that it is not also used as propaganda.
Although cinema is now associated with fiction, the truth is that what led the pioneers to invent cinematographic devices was the possibility of transferring life to the screen.
Unlike in photography or sculpture, in the cinema you could see moving images, as if it were passing in front of the viewer.
In fact the first recorded tapes depicted everyday scenes. The first of all was called The departure of the workers from a factory.
This new technology was so astonishing that, when it was Departure of a train, the people in the room got scared thinking that he was going to run them over.
The evolution of cinematic narrative led to it becoming the most popular medium for art.
The room for maneuver offered by this visual language means that any story can be narrated: from the most poetic to the most warlike..
Connected with the previous one, one of the characteristics of the so-called seventh art is that the creations can belong to any genre that the author wants..
Depending on the story, the way it is told or how you treat the images, there are many different types. Some of these are drama, action, comedy, wstern and musical.
In addition to being an art and a way of reproducing reality, cinema is also a great means of communication and information..
Either directly (as in documentary films) or indirectly (such as hidden publicity in films), it has become the best way to create and disseminate points of view..
The use of certain films during World War II as war propaganda is well known.
Today it is still used for that, although the viewer is often not aware of it..
Already the very invention of the cinematograph required a great technological advance with respect to the attempts that had been made before.
From that, the cinema has used and created different technical advances until it reached what it is today..
The first great milestone was the appearance of talkies which, despite those who believed that it was not going to succeed, became a great success. Then came the color, getting closer and closer to reality.
Likewise, different types of film, formats and sound emission have been used. The last great advance has been 3D cinema, although it is not yet known if it will stay or be just a fad.
As for the future, more and more works are being carried out only for the Internet. Likewise, there are already specialists working to make films with holograms..
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