How They Did It: Stop Tricks to CGI

The substitution splice, the multiple exposure, the ghost photography con: the 1896 toolkit that never went away — it just changed costumes, from Ray Harryhausen to the volume stage.

Playlist by @hidden_melies_and_the_first_trick_films

9 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. The Insane VFX of Old Movies — Primal Space
2. 7 Classic Movie Tricks That Led To Modern CGI | Movies Insider — Insider
3. Top 10 Practical Effects of All Time | A CineFix Movie List — CineFix
4. Amazing Effects in Classic Films - How Did They Pull It Off? Part 2 — Film Riot
5. The History Of Special Effects - part 1 — William Forsche
6. Stop Trick - Georges Méliès — Melissa Castillo
7. Buatier de Kolta’s Vanishing Lady Explained | The Greatest Illusion That Could Never Be Repeated — Art of Impossible
8. The (mostly) true story of “ghost photography" — Vox
9. The Silent Era: Crash Course Film History #9 — CrashCourse