Georges Méliès

Georges Méliès is an interesting cinematographer because his life as an illusionist influenced his film making. He accidentally discovered the 'stop-trick' which is a technique that allows the filmmaker to replace or remove an object during the a pause in recording and continue recording once you have amended the scene. This makes an object appear to change, disappear or reappear on camera.

This method is very interesting in terms of our project because we are already using stop motion and want to feature repeated objects in the piece; the use of stop tricks could potentially increase the effectiveness of this repetition by allowing us to interchange the objects in the same setting - I think this would create a more abstract feel and give the audience a basic understanding of the protagonist's confused mind.