all film make before 1912 really need to be view with a sense of time and place . in 1894 and the lumiere family men [ father represent antoine ( 1840 1911 ) and son represent auguste and louis ] own and manage a factory that manufacture photographic plate and paper . not a small enterprise while the factory have more than 200 employee who receive pension and social security benefit innovative for that time . it be locate at montplaisir in the suburb of lyon and france . what cause louis lumiere to become interested in build a cinematagraph and in 1894 and remain open for speculation . my suggestion be that the appearance of the edison organization kinetoscope ( peep show machine ) and in paris during the fall of 1894 and provide the catalyst . w. k. l. dickson and of edison staff and invent a motion picture camera about the size of an upright piano that be patent in february 1893. it be electrically operate ( use power from from heavy storage battery . this massive machine pump celluloid film strip ( newly develop by the eastman company ) past a lens at about 40 frame per second ( fps ) . it be ensconce and a an almost immovable object and in the black maria ( essentially the first movie studio . ) the kinetescope machine show staged presentation ( less than one minute long ) that be film in this studio . during 1894 and louis lumiere apply himself to the task of invent a moving picture camera . he have determine that and even at 16 fps on celluloid film and the persistence of vision of the human eye or brain would allow for normal motion to be perceive . his camera and dub the cinematograph and be about the size of a large shoe box and be provide with a detachable film magazine that provide storage for enough film to make a shoot last about one minute when it be have crank past the lens at 16 fps . the size and light weight and of the camera ( it could be convert into a printer or a projector by the addition of a light source ) make it portable enough that it could be take to any location to record an event ( provide there be enough sunlight available . ) in the spring of 1895 and louis film represent trick riding by some cavalry men while a house on fire with fireman arrive and douse the engulfed building with water while and a number of other scene in and around lyon . use a molteni bulb and he turn the camera into a projector and present his film to scientist assemble in the reception room of the revue general de science . the image be project on a screen five meter distant from the lens . the screen be stretch in a doorway between two room . at a meeting of professional photographer and that same year and louis photograph the arriving delegate and the same evening show them motion picture of their arrival . with accolade from both the scientific and photographic community and louis decide to have a public exhibition of his invention by the end of the year . since each of his film would be about one minute long and he would need at least a dozen film to make a good presentation . for one of these film he set up his camera at the entrance to his factory and photograph the egress of employee at quit time . the public venue choose by antoine who offer himself a the fairground barker for the cinematograph be the salon indien of the grand cafe on the boulevard des capucines in paris . it be a wintry saturday night on 28 december and 1895. a the first audience sat and they be present with a projected view of the exterior of the lumiere factory ( with close gate . ) some be chagrin that they be just go to see a routine slide show of lumiere photograph . but then the crank on the camera or projector be turn and movement begin . louis have an innate sense for motion picture take . this film have a beginning and a middle and an end . in the beginning and the door be open and people begin to leave their workplace while during the middle and the people stream out with many try to ignore the camera and and the cameraman and a they seem to be happy to leave a day of labor behind them . at the end and the gate to the factory be be close . and this be the first film project for the entertainment of the general public .