Friday, 21 August 2015

Magic with a camera

The One-Man Band (1900)

Directed by and staring Georges Melies this is an early short film. Using magic a man replicates himself until there are enough copies for a band.

Despite being very simple in content this is a nice early use of special effects to create a nice camera trick. There isn't much plot but it is impossible not to be impressed by the use of multiple exposures to get the desired effect here. If you have seen the film Hugo (2011) then this is exactly the sort of thing you expect from Melies.


4/5

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