By 1896, he was making his own ground breaking unique short films. Unfazed by the brother’s refusal of his generous offer of 10,000 francs, Méliès went to London and bought an Animatograph film projector from Robert Paul for 1,000 francs and re-engineered it himself turning it into his own film camera.
Georges Méliès wanted desperately to be a part of this new wonder and approached the brothers after the show, offering to buy one of their Cinématographe devices.
There was one man in the awestruck audience that day who was profoundly inspired and saw a greater potential in this marvelous new invention. Ranging from 38 to 49 seconds these were the first rudimentary documentaries capturing realistic moving images such as their first film ‘ Workers leaving the lumière factory‘. The Salon Indien du Grand Café in Paris on Decemwas the historic setting for the first public screening of 10 short films by the Lumière brothers, using their Cinématographe device that could record, develop and project motion pictures.
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