A Trip to the Moon is a 1902 French
silent film. It is about a group of astronomers discussed and agreed on how to
travel to the moon. They build a space capsule shaped like a bullet and landed
safely on the moon. They faced and captured Selenites, alien inhabitant of the
moon, and went back to the Earth.
Movies
of today have really gone into technological advances. It would be easy to make
all those special effects as Computer-generated imagery or CGI. But for the
film, I can say that it has poor cinematography because it is an old film. But
if I were present in the first screening of the film, I would first comment on
the technicality of the film, especially considering their limited technology.
At that time, a colored film would be very surprising. And the fact that each
shot was painted by hand is even more surprising. Its visuals were very imaginative
because of the stage and camera
tricks that made the film interesting and fascinating.
Apart from the technicality of
the film, the story itself would catch my attention if I were present at that
time. I would be thinking that is it really possible to voyage to the moon and
I would be thinking that the film is just a science fiction.
Regardless of the time period, I
can say that the film is very enjoyable and mind-blowing. It was very
entertaining because it was loaded of creative ideas both in the story and in
the way it was made.
Regina Alyssa L. Bargola
2013 - 68055
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