Le Voyage dans la Lune

The Trip to the Moon (1902) by Georges Melies was excellent! The set design was so good. It was very intricate and detailed, which made the lunar land of Melies so much more enjoyable to see. The background paintings looked very realistic, and some of the set even moved. The mountains on the moon as well as the earth moved down. Also, the editing was excellent. You could tell that the film strips were cut and pasted back together, but it was not a big difference, so it looked natural. It was also really cool how they were able to overlap scenes, for example around 8:10, when they were on the moon, the women on the stars and crescent moons were not on the same film, but they overlapped. My favorite parts were when the lunar travelers returned to earth, they landed in a fish tank! That was really clever to film an underwater scene in a fish tank. Also, you got to love the iconic scene where the moon has a bullet in his eye. Overall, the film was really cute and it look very fun to make. Melies probably really enjoyed making this.