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Essay heading: Georges Melies and the Birth of Fantasy Films
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Paul, a man who bought and sold counterfeit projectors that were based on the design of American Kinetoscope, which was originally invented by Thomas Edison, who did not patent it. Melies bought one of these projectors, and showed many imported films by Edison in the Theatre Robert Houdin. Although it was not longer after that Melies created his own cameras that were patterned after Paul's model... displayed 300 characters
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Melies bought one of these projectors, and showed many imported films by Edison in the Theatre Robert Houdin. Although it was not longer after that Melies created his own cameras that were patterned after Paul's model. He began making his own, one scene, one shot, and one-minute films.
Melies' first films were straightforward cityscapes and event films, patterned after the short films of the Lumieres Brothers, but soon he was using the camera to document magic acts and gags from the stage of the Theatre Robert Houdin... displayed next 300 characters
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