History of Cinema - Historical Elements of a Film
Historical Elements of a Film The Scene: The scene is a take of a completed action. Historically it is typified in films where the actors will act out a whole scene and then walk out and fade into the next scene. A scene would be one shot, one take. For example: A trip to the Moon (1902) - George Mélies George Mélies was a magician that owned the theater where he showed his own films. Between 1900's and 1910 he would make 10 to 12 minutes science fiction films. He made hundreds of these short films. As special effects (fx) he would use: -In-camera edits -Dissolves -Superimpositions -Animation (with live action) -Stop-motion photo -Match shots His 1902 film "A trip to the moon" was: 1. Very profitable 2. It was a narrative film, it told a story and thus was... 3. a drive towards longer films (10 to 30 minutes) 4. Editing appears. His films would be composed of scenes of completed actions connected by dissolves but with overlapping action and also prosc...