George Melies was a French filmmaker quite known for his special effects. The film, A Trip to the Moon or also known as Le voyage dans la Lune was made in 1902 and was one of Melies' most famous film. He used the stop trick effect or actually accidentally invented this effect. This stop trick effect is when an object or person is filmed on camera then the camera would stop filming and that object or person would move to another position or off the screen. This would create the illusion that that object or person has magically moved or disappeared. Melies was very creative with creating special effects for his films. He even hand painted colors in his films and multiple exposures. He was one of the very first few to use these techniques. If he didn't, where would films be today? Would special effects be the same? Would science fiction films be what it is today?
The Vanishing Lady 1896
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