George Melies
A magician who branched into films using his own custom equipment (the Lumiere brothers would not sell him the Cinématographe), George Melies went on to pioneer a multitude of film effects. He discovered the stop frame technique after a camera accident and has used it extensively in his films. The stop frame technique is where part of a scene is shot, then in between shots, objects are moved around on a stage, then the scene resumes giving the appearance of objects appearing and disappearing.
A Trip to the Moon (1908), George Melies
Other effects Melies pioneered include the fade in, fade out, dissolves, reverse motion, double exposure and cutting in the camera. These effects result in a scene which cannot be replicated in real life, pioneering genres such as sci-fi, fantasy and horror as film genres.
Melies influence in my top 10 animations (see blog entry BSA 106 top 10 favourite animations)
All of these animations are likely to use (or mimic) techniques like fade-ins, fade-outs, double exposure and dissolves
Lion King: fade in and fade out scene transitions
Atlantis: in the Fantasy genre
Treasure Planet: in the fantasy and sci-fi genres
Star vs. the Forces of Evil: in the fantasy genre
Steven Universe: in the sci-fi genre
Wonder over Yonder: in the sci-fi genre
Kubo and the Two Strings: in the fantasy genre, uses the stop frame techniques (stop motion)
Gravity Falls: Paranormal is an offshoot of fantasy
Aristocats: fade in and fade out scene transitions
Avatar: The Last Airbender: in the fantasy genre
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