8/11/2019 Review of Le Voyage Dans La Lune Review

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Le Voyage Dans La Lune

The Voyage Dans La Lune is a magical trip into the imagination and takes

us on a beautiful dream like journey. This film is a master piece in both

its creativity and its adorable acting. Whilst watching it you can see how

the early style of acting was quite unique with the theatrically trained

actors.

in the process, stumbled across such crucial narrative devices as the

fade and the lap dissolve, as well as such effects as the matte, double-

exposure and stop-motion - all of which he created in-camera. (Fig 1)

We see a childrens school play style of acting, where every movement,

action and interaction work effectively with its goofy but captivating

story.

This film has done so much for the film industry but now has become a bit simple to modern views. This should

never take away from the importance of this film to the industry

and should always be a watched by any true film infuses

But mostly, its because Le Voyage Dans La Lune is the

cornerstone for your entire movie collection. (Fig 2)

The story of this film may appear simple but has such a

simple beauty which can be slightly hypnotic and make you

feel like youre in a dream the

light-hearted satire criticizing the conservative scientific

community of its time, was inspired by Jules Verne's From the

Earth to the Moon (1865) and H. G. Wells' First Men in the Moon

(1901). (Fig 3)

Goerge Melies has been the crucial part of the industry. His

cinematic effects that he invented and brought to the screen he

completely kicked off the special effects industry and has been the

touch stone off all modern movie magic this is why this film is so

highly held as a piece of true human imagination and history

Bibliography

(Fig 1) Empire's A Trip To The Moon Movie Review. Available from:

http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?DVDID=119192 [Accessed

25/09/2014]

Daniel Harrington. Document2 [Accessed 25/09/2014]

(Fig 2) A Trip To The Moon Review | TotalFilm.com. Available from:

http://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/dvd/a-trip-to-the-moon [Accessed 25/09/2014]

(Fig3) Voyage Dans La Lune (A Trip to the Moon) (1902). Available from:

http://www.filmsite.org/voya.html [Accessed 25/09/2014]

Photo Biblography

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