Ateliers de La Ciotat
About Ateliers de La Ciotat
Workers move through the shipyard at La Ciotat. The camera stays on the yard. Men cross the frame at their jobs. There is no staged incident and no title action beyond the place.
Cast & crew
More about Ateliers de La Ciotat
Louis Lumière filmed the view in the shipyards of La Ciotat in 1896. It is a one-minute actuality from the Lumière catalogue, made in the town where the family's industry sat.
Themes
Background
1896 was the year the Lumière views were being sold as a catalogue of places. A shipyard counted as a subject along with streets and trains.
Making
Lumière sets the camera in the family town's shipyard and lets the work pass in front of it.
Look
A fixed outdoor camera records the yard. Louis Lumière is the filmmaker. The frame holds the workers and the shops behind them.
Preservation
The one-minute view survives.
Notes
- La Ciotat is also the setting of the Lumière train arrival, a different film.
- This view is the workshops, not the station platform.
- The shot is a single outdoor setup.
- Société Lumière is the producer on the record.
- No actors are billed. The men are yard workers.
Scenes
- Men cross the shipyard while the camera holds one view of the shops.
