https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH86796tFbM
A delightful 23 seconds
A delightful 23 seconds
...is À la conquête de l'air (Conquest of the Air) from 1901.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH86796tFbM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH86796tFbM
Re: A delightful 23 seconds
That is so cool! Their effects were akin to magic tricks.
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dachshundonstilts
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Re: A delightful 23 seconds
Cool. According to Wiki, the earliest use of double exposure.
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Re: A delightful 23 seconds
How would the aerial footage have been made? I'm assuming from a camera on a balloon? Or perhaps more likely a pan from up on the Eiffel Tower? I don't recall seeing any footage like that from that early.
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Re: A delightful 23 seconds
The Eiffel Tower theory makes sense.
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Re: A delightful 23 seconds
I love the contraption. Would it be considered steampunk these days?
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Re: A delightful 23 seconds
Sure! I'd say it's quintessentially steampunkish.BettyLouSpence wrote: ↑Fri Feb 11, 2022 6:46 pmI love the contraption. Would it be considered steampunk these days?
