How It Feels to Be Run Over
| How It Feels to Be Run Over | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Cecil M. Hepworth |
| Produced by | Cecil M. Hepworth |
| Starring | May Clark Cecil M. Hepworth |
| Cinematography | Cecil M. Hepworth |
| Edited by | Cecil M. Hepworth |
Production company | |
Release date | July 1900 |
Running time | 1 minute |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent Film |
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.[1]
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 cuts to title cards that bear the text "Oh, mother will be pleased".[2]
Cast
- Cecil Hepworth as Driver
- May Clark as Passenger
- Several actors as passengers
See also
- Explosion of a Motor Car, another 1900 Hepworth film involving an automobile
References
- ^ "In praise of... the wow factor at the movies" (editorial). The Guardian. 19 November 2009. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
- ^ Sarah Street (2008). British national cinema (2nd ed.). Routledge. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-415-38422-3.
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