The two major traditions in the history of Western cinema are

1, realism: represented by the Lumière brothers, with a single camera, fixed lens and long shot as the technical basis, the formation of a primitive unconscious, unconscious scene expression, in the pursuit of art emphasizes the real reproduction.

2. Dramatism: represented by Georges Méliès, put technology in an important position, attaching importance to technical exquisiteness and completeness, and pioneered the technique of stop-and-go re-shooting, and established the smallest unit of the film as the field, which required the re-organization of the life scene by means of montage and other techniques, and accepted the rational purpose of the artists at that time in the subtle way.