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[ FINAL FRAME ]<br />
A Trip to the Moon<br />
Photo courtesy of Technicolor<br />
Many consider French director George Méliès’s 1902 short<br />
Le Voyage dans la Lune (A Trip to the Moon) to be the first film with<br />
visual and special effects. The milestone science fiction extravaganza<br />
was an international sensation when it was first released. Moviegoers<br />
were astonished at the time. The film can now be seen in color due to<br />
an historic restoration. Méliès developed a special effects style of the<br />
day that involved stop-motion animation; double, triple and quadruple<br />
exposures; cross-dissolves; and jump cuts. Scores of his films were<br />
overflowing with stunts, tricks, dancing girls and elaborate sets.<br />
112 • <strong>VFX</strong>VOICE.COM FALL <strong>2017</strong>
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