What inspired the Lumiere brothers in France to invent the film machine?

The Lumiere brothers in France were inspired by the sewing machine and invented the film machine.

The Lumiere brothers are the founders of modern movies, also known as the "fathers of modern movies". Inspired by the sewing machine, they successfully developed a manually adjusted film projector on the basis of Edison's "Western Mirror", thus inventing the film. It can be said that without them, there would be no movie we are watching in the cinema now. Their invention process is related to their father Anthony Lumiere, who is a portrait painter and award-winning photographer, and their brother has been influenced by art since childhood.

188 1 year, 17-year-old Louis became interested in photographic films made by his father. Louis improved the dry plate technology studied by chemists and created a new technology called "blue plate". His success led to the opening of a new factory in his family. With the gradual development, Lumiere's family runs the largest photography factory in Europe.

The Invention Story of Movable Film Machine

1894 Late at night, when Louis Lumière was designing the simulation diagram of film transmission, it suddenly occurred to him that when sewing clothes with a sewing machine, the material was moving "stop". When the sewing machine needle is inserted into the cloth, the cloth does not move; The sewing machine sews a needle, stands it up, and the material moves forward, which is very similar to the way required for film transmission.

So, he told his brother Auguste Lumiere excitedly that he could pull the adhesive tape with the movement produced by sewing machine presser foot and other machinery. When the traction mechanism rises again, the sharp claw will retreat from the hole at the lower end, making the film static. After the experiment, Lewis's idea is really feasible. Later, August said in an article: My brother invented the film machine in one night.