Painted film frames were created by which group?

• A. Child Frame Painters
• B. The Lumière Brothers
• C. Georges Méliès
• D. Thomas Edison

Answer: (A)

Painted frames were a way to add color to silent films before color film stock existed. In the early days, each frame could be hand-painted by specialists known as frame painters, a painstaking, frame-by-frame process. In some studios, young workers, including children, performed this repetitive, detailed labor because it was inexpensive and required little formal training. This is why the group associated with painting film frames is described as child frame painters.

The Lumière Brothers, Georges Méliès, and Thomas Edison were all pivotal figures in the development of cinema—developing cameras, projectors, and film techniques or producing innovative narratives—rather than being known for the specific craft of hand-painting each individual frame.