Brighton School (
fr.: ''L'école de Brighton'') was a loosely associated group of pioneering filmmakers active in the
Brighton
Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London.
Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...
and
Hove
Hove is a seaside resort and one of the two main parts of the city of Brighton and Hove, along with Brighton in East Sussex, England. Originally a "small but ancient fishing village" surrounded by open farmland, it grew rapidly in the 19th ...
area of England from 1896 to 1910. It was mostly a series of shorts and early projects in films from the school of the Brighton area.
History
The core membership of the group consists of filmmakers
George Albert Smith,
James Williamson and
Esmé Collings as well as engineer
Alfred Darling
Alfred Darling (1862–1931) was an engineer and a key member of the loose association of early film pioneers dubbed the Brighton School by French film historian Georges Sadoul.
Biography
Darling began to manufacture film equipment at his engin ...
; other names associated with the group include Collings' former business partner
William Friese-Greene and the group's London-based distributor
Charles Urban.
Term origins
The term was coined by French film historian
Georges Sadoul in an article that was translated and re-published in pamphlet form as ''British Creators of Film Technique'' by the
British Film Institute
The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, ...
in 1948.
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See also
*Magic lantern
The magic lantern, also known by its Latin name , is an early type of image projector that used pictures—paintings, prints, or photographs—on transparent plates (usually made of glass), one or more lenses, and a light source. Because a si ...
* Home movie
References
External links
1960s film about Brighton pioneers on Huntley Film Archives' official YouTube channel
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