French stage magician turned filmmaker who discovered that the camera could perform tricks the stage could not, and built cinema's first fantasy worlds in his Montreuil glass studio. His hand-tinted spectacles, above all A Trip to the Moon in 1902, made him the founder of special effects and narrative fantasy film.
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Defining ContributionTrick effects and narrative fantasy filmmaking; A Trip to the Moon, 1902 2 Connections
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Source Georges Méliès (Wikipedia)
Melies is the early film maker most associated with in-camera trick effects such as the substitution splice; the existing edge to A Trip to the Moon shows the same link
Works Created
Source A History of Narrative FilmDavid A. Cook
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Sources
1. Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.- Birth Year: 1861
- Death Year: 1938
- Nationality: French
View the Source 2. A History of Narrative Film
David A. Cook, W. W. Norton, 2016- Defining Contribution: Trick effects and narrative fantasy filmmaking; A Trip to the Moon, 1902
3. Georges Méliès (Wikipedia)
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Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès ( mayl-YES, French: [maʁi ʒɔʁʒ ʒɑ̃ meljɛs]; 8 December 1861-21 January 1938) was a French filmmaker, actor, magician, and toymaker.
Associated With: Cinematographe, Early film career
Méliès attended a special private demonstration of the Lumière brothers
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