A cantata is a free structure and the oratorio is structured in several acts
The Lumiere Brothers made the first motion pictures. I would have been awestruck at the technology, being able to see recordings of people and objects in motion because my whole life before that time I had only been able to see paintings and some still photos. I might have even been frightened by some of the things I was shown because I was not yet used to the illusion of film.
D. yellow journalism would be the right answer :)