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Brief History of Special Effects in Film
Digital Special Effects 475/492. Fall 2006. Brief History of Special Effects in Film Early years, 1890s. Birth of cinema -- 1895, Paris, Lumiere brothers. Cinematographe. Earlier, 1890, .Dickson, assistant to Edison, developed Kinetograph. One of these films included the world's first known Special effect shot, The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, by Alfred Clarke, 1895. Georges Melies Father of Special Effects Son of boot-maker, purchased Theatre Robert-Houdin in Paris, produced stage illusions and such as Magic Lantern shows. Witnessed one of first Lumiere shows, and within three months purchased a device for use with Edison's Kinetoscope, and developed his own prototype camera. Produced one-shot films, moving versions of earlier shows, accidentally discovering stop-action for himself. Soon using stop-action, double exposure, fast and slow motion, dissolves, and perspective tricks.
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