Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Melies' Contributions To Cinema

 What were Melies' contributions to cinema? Why is his work so significant?

Melies' 1902 film A Trip to the Moon is considered the first science fiction film ever made. Melies used camera tricks to create illusions, what today we know as special effects. This was the first film to do that. He created over 500 films, but A Trip to the Moon is the most famous. It took him almost three months to film, and was incredibly ambitious for early cinema. His work is so significant because it basically invented special effects for the camera. 

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