The Magician of the Cinema
Owned his own theater in Paris and was a successful magician
Pioneered the Sci-fi, fantasy and horror genres.
Pioneered in techniques
Loves to use smoke in his films
George Melies created these new film techniques
- Stop frame
Stopping the camera and moving things around then resuming the film
- Fade in
- Fade out
A transitional device consisting of a gradual change in the intensity of an image or sound.
- Dissolves
A transitional editing technique between two sequences, shots or scenes.
- Reverse motion
Refers to a trick camera effect, created by running film backwards in the camera or during optical printing
- Cutting in the camera
To film each scene exactly in the order of the story line.
How did the new techniques influence future films in general?
These new techniques influenced the editing of films, creating special effects and transitions between scenes.
From my Top Ten list of favourite films I can see the most influence from George Melies in Thor:Ragnarok.
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