Méliès wasn’t just a film pioneer artistically, but also in terms of industry. Méliès’ mind immediately started churning, coming up with ideas of magical illusions he could work into his film narratives. The rest is literally film history.Ī still from Melies’ “Man With a Rubber Head” - starring Méliès as the rubber head. Really, the camera had jammed, stopping its recording for a short period of time and then restarting, thus creating what we think of today as a simple video special effect.Īt the time, however, the effect - when purposely implemented - was revolutionary. One day, a camera malfunction on one of Méliès films made it appear as if people were transforming into other people instantaneously. In 1895, he saw a presentation of the cinematograph - an early version of the film camera (and projector) - by the Lumières brothers, and set about learning the craft of film. He even had his own Parisian theater where he would stage magic shows (and later screen films). Prior to being a film magician, Méliès was a stage magician.
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