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Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat

This interactive little story is a revisit of a classic in the silent film genre, that explores the specific effects of digital-only comics that cannot be conveyed onto the paper format.
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This unique digital experience is a reconstitution of an 1896 cinema which allows the viewer to be part of a famous event; the very first screening of the Lumière Brothers’ short film L’arrivée d’un train en gare de la Ciotat (Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat). The film is renowned for causing a lot of turmoil amongst the viewers, who ran away from the screening, thinking a train was actually going to plough into them. You can scroll to control the train speed, but the animations have special surprise effects, using parallax and fade-out techniques. The comical side of this historical anecdote is amplified as the train actually does get out of the frame... And of the screen!

French

Tablet / smartphone / computer

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© Kwalia, 2018 ■ Scénario et réalisation : Florian DUPAS ■ Dessin : VIDU