LEGACY
Many famous filmmakers credit much of their inspiration to Melies and give him tons of recognition. He has been credited as an inspiration for many landmark directors, like Walt Disney and Emile Chole. Terry Gilliam referenced Melies as "the first great film magician... His joyous sense of fun and ability to astound were a big influence on both my early animations and then my live-action films... Of course, Méliès still has a tight creative grip on me."
The film industry is easily one of the most popular artistic mediums of our time. Anyone reading this should be able to think of at least one film that left an impact on them. Films have the power to make a person think or just to create an entertaining/exciting experience for the viewer. There's a certain charm about film that holds it above other mediums. The ability to watch such lively characters go through otherworldly experiences as the viewers are taken along for the ride. The power of film is incredible in how it can shape people's perspectives and how they approach things. Melies was the one that took the first step into the unknown penitential of cinematic arts.
Today, tens of thousands of people have careers in film and it has become one of the top three entertainment franchises, averaging at over 1 trillion tickets sold per year for the last ten years. Film is a booming enterprise that has spread all around the world, and Melies was the one with the creative drive and ambition to push film to it's limits and see what it was capable, inspiring artists from around the world to do the exact same thing. As time went on, the possibilities of what film could do kept growing and growing to heights of realism that the people of his era wouldn't even dream of. He started a movement that would change the way we look at art and the way we create it.
The film industry is easily one of the most popular artistic mediums of our time. Anyone reading this should be able to think of at least one film that left an impact on them. Films have the power to make a person think or just to create an entertaining/exciting experience for the viewer. There's a certain charm about film that holds it above other mediums. The ability to watch such lively characters go through otherworldly experiences as the viewers are taken along for the ride. The power of film is incredible in how it can shape people's perspectives and how they approach things. Melies was the one that took the first step into the unknown penitential of cinematic arts.
Today, tens of thousands of people have careers in film and it has become one of the top three entertainment franchises, averaging at over 1 trillion tickets sold per year for the last ten years. Film is a booming enterprise that has spread all around the world, and Melies was the one with the creative drive and ambition to push film to it's limits and see what it was capable, inspiring artists from around the world to do the exact same thing. As time went on, the possibilities of what film could do kept growing and growing to heights of realism that the people of his era wouldn't even dream of. He started a movement that would change the way we look at art and the way we create it.