How It Feels to Be Run Over
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How It Feels to Be Run Over is a one-minute British
silent film
, made in 1900
, and directed by Cecil M. Hepworth. As in other instances of the very earliest films, the film presents the audience with the images of a shocking experience, without further narrative exposition.
s to title cards that bear the text "Oh, mother will be pleased".
United Kingdom
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silent film
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
, made in 1900
1900 in film
The year 1900 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* Reulos, Goudeau & Co. invent Mirographe, a 21 mm amateur format.* The Lumiere Brothers premiere their new Lumiere Wide format for the 1900 World Fair...
, and directed by Cecil M. Hepworth. As in other instances of the very earliest films, the film presents the audience with the images of a shocking experience, without further narrative exposition.
Plot summary
A coach is coming, and moves out of the frame at one side of the field of view. Soon after, an approaching car veers off course and moves straight to the viewer (the camera). As it approaches, the occupants wave frantically, hoping to stave off the impending collision. At the moment the car fills the entire frame the film cutCut (filmmaking)
In the post-production process of film editing and video editing, a cut is an abrupt, but usually trivial film transition from one sequence to another. It is synonymous with the term edit, though "edit" can imply any number of transitions or effects. The cut, dissolve and wipe serve as the three...
s to title cards that bear the text "Oh, mother will be pleased".
Cast
- Cecil HepworthCecil HepworthCecil Milton Hepworth was an English film director, producer and screenwriter. He was among the founders of the British film industry and continued making films into the 1920s....
as Driver - May ClarkMay ClarkMay Clark was an early silent film actress.-Biography:Clark died on May 31, 1984 at her home in Goldhawk Road, Acton, London, UK. She was the wife of Norman Whitten and the mother of Vernon Whitten and Kenneth Whitten. She worked at the Hepworth Film Studios.-Filmography:*A Seaside Girl *The...
as Passenger - Several actors as passengers