Illusions and visual tricks used to simulate events a production could not otherwise film, traditionally divided into mechanical effects staged live on set and optical effects created photographically, with computer-generated imagery dominant since the 1990s. Georges Méliès pioneered the craft in early cinema after discovering the stop-trick by accident when his camera jammed mid-shot, going on to make over 500 short films between 1896 and 1914 using multiple exposures, time-lapse photography and hand-painted color, culminating in the 1902 A Trip to the Moon.
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Georges Melies, Figures 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
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- Concept Domain: Film Craft
- Formulated Year: 1895
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Because of his apparent ability to manipulate and transform reality with the cinematograph, the prolific Méliès is sometimes referred to as the "Cinemagician." His most famous film, Le Voyage dans la lune (1902), a whimsical parody of Jules Verne's From the Earth to the Moon, featured a combination of live action and animation, and also incorporated extensive miniature and matte painting work.
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In 1895, Alfred Clark created what is commonly accepted as the first-ever motion picture special effect
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Movies use motion capture for CGI effects, in some cases replacing traditional cel animation, and for completely CGI creatures, such as Gollum, The Mummy, King Kong, Davy Jones from Pirates of the Caribbean, the Na'vi from the film Avatar, and Clu from Tron: Legacy.
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