This flipbook features six different stories depending on the position of your thumb. You can also watch a 2-minutes augmented reality movie through your smartphone or tablet about the artists life, his background and his most outstanding work. THE MAGICIAN OF CINEMA Georges Méliès (1861 – 1938) was a French illusionist, actor and film director who pioneered many technical and narrative developments, and became one of the most influential filmmakers in the early history of cinema. Méliès was well known for the use of special effects, popularizing such techniques as stop-motion substitution, multiple exposures, time-lapse photography, hand-painted colour and dissolves. He was also one of the first filmmakers to use storyboards. book interactive optical illusion toy educational graphic design art image animation sequence visual motion illustration digital traditional stopmotion animator artist pioneer innovation tribute movie cinematic picture silent storytelling footage vintage retro