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12 P E R S P E C T I V E | M A R C H / A P R I L 2 0 1 7 on dvd Georges Méliès drew his own sketches and a form of storyboards for A TRIP TO THE MOON. Released in 1902, it is probably the first science fiction film. SCIENCE FICTION FILM DESIGN IN 1902 There was no film industry of any kind when Georges Méliès began to make movies in 1895, and he had to do all the creative work on his pictures, including the Scenic Design, illustration, working drawings and storyboarding. Although his influence on later directors and his contributions to storytelling have been widely acknowledged, his influence as an Art Director is often overlooked. His work was as important in this area of filmmaking as in any other. He constructed a studio in Saint-Denis near Paris to house his elaborate sets, but unlike most of his contemporaries, he was not content with painted backdrops. He used real furniture and constructed set pieces, providing the model for all film Set Design to come. Although he made more than 200 films during his career, he is primarily remembered for his hugely successful and influential Le Voyage dans la Lune (1902). Georges Méliès (Actor, Director, Designer). A Trip to the Moon Restored. (Limited Edition, Steelbook packaging) [Blu-ray – 120 minutes]. Los Angeles: Flicker Alley, 2012. No original hand-colored copies of A Trip to the Moon, as it was called in English, had been known to survive until one was miraculously found in Spain in the mid-1990s, but in a fragmentary condition thought too fragile to handle for either viewing or restoration. In 2010, three experts in worldwide film restoration—Lobster Films, and two nonprofit entities the Groupama Gan Foundation for Cinema and the Technicolor Foundation for Cinema Heritage—launched one of the most complex and ambitious film-restoration projects ever to bring the colored version of Méliès masterpiece back, 110 years after its first release. Using the most advanced digital technologies now available, the team reassembled and restored the fragments of 13,375 frames. continued