Photography and Special Effects in Early Film

The film “A Trip to the Moon,” has definitely aged quite a bit with its early use of props, actors, and use of settings. All of these are still used by modern day films along with the use of jump cuts here and there. Although modern day films don’t use such out dated effects as displayed by Melies. Films and photographs shared many similar aspects since films were essentially taking a photograph frame by frame, but the film was able to capture more photographs than the camera. Another aspect they shared was the use of props and a backbrop to establish a setting and character. The film may have been interesting to those who viewed it back in the 1900s but not in today’s standards. Now many films go through a lot of post production to attract the most viewers with their use of explosions and cliché plots.