Georges Melies, a professional magician by training, first saw the new moving pictures in 1895. Little over a year later, Melies was filming and projecting his own creations. By accident, he discovered that he could use stop-motion photography to render trick visual effects. Melies was also the first to use techniques such as the fade-in, the fade-out, and the dissolve to create the first real narrative films. Melies made over 500 films, but his most famous - Voyage dans la lune, Le (1902) ( ...[Read Story]
Jacques et Jim
(1903)
Equilibre impossible, L'
(1902)
Deshabillage impossible, Le
(1900)