What I Learned From Watching: Episode #1 - A Trip to the Moon

Join me in my exploration of Georges Méliès’ 1902 classic sci-fi movie, A Trip to the Moon. See how A Trip to the Moon has influenced movies like The Avengers and Prometheus a hundred and ten years later and discover what lessons we can learn from this masterpiece.
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This video essay was written, edited, and narrated by Tyler Knudsen.
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A Trip to the Moon - 2011 restoration (w/ soundtrack by air): • Video

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  • @chickencharlie1992
    @chickencharlie19922 жыл бұрын

    All these years later and these vids are gold

  • @CinemaTyler
    @CinemaTyler9 жыл бұрын

    Join me in a new series on learning film-making through film-watching. Today: A Trip to the Moon. Check it out! #atriptothemoon #scorsese #hugo #filmmaking #filmschool #cinematyler #specialeffects #sciencefiction

  • @reelkonversationswithryank4945
    @reelkonversationswithryank49454 жыл бұрын

    It's funny that you juxtaposed this with Avengers way back in 2014, given what Martin Scorsese has recently said about Marvel movies being more like a theme park ride. I immediately thought of this since he pays it such grand homage in his effects laden film Hugo.

  • @OuterGalaxyLounge
    @OuterGalaxyLounge6 жыл бұрын

    I actually prefer A Trip to the Moon to Prometheus....

  • @tomyogando4316
    @tomyogando43169 жыл бұрын

    Watched all the videos and subscribed. Great work! Keep 'em coming.

  • @CinemaTyler

    @CinemaTyler

    9 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the comment! More videos coming soon!

  • @bgimusic
    @bgimusic4 жыл бұрын

    nice! thought provoking to get my creative juices flowing. Next frontier is 3D AR & VR. :D

  • @dentistjohn3223
    @dentistjohn32234 жыл бұрын

    I’ve seen part of this in around the world in 80 days but never bothered to watch the whole thing

  • @pa5666
    @pa56662 жыл бұрын

    This was really interesting! :)

  • @TakeItorLeaveItReviews
    @TakeItorLeaveItReviews9 жыл бұрын

    Very insightful stuff man, I like how you broke down specific elements that can be taken away and seen even in huge Hollywood blockbusters today. I'm a huge David Lynch fan (Eraserhead might be my favorite film), so if you found something or a particular film of his interesting enough to do an episode on, I'd love to hear your thoughts. Keep up the great work!

  • @CinemaTyler

    @CinemaTyler

    9 жыл бұрын

    +Take It or Leave It Reviews Thanks! It's just my luck that I've gotten a few requests for David Lynch movies, hehe. I feel bad because he is the main director that everyone seems to love except me. I should really revisit his films and give them another shot. I've actually seen a fair amount of his them, although I still need to see Eraserhead. Let's see, I've seen: The Elephant Man, Dune, Blue Velvet, Lost Highway, and Mulholland Drive. My gf loves Twin Peaks and has been trying to get me to watch it with her. I'll put Eraserhead on my list of films to watch.

  • @martinda7446

    @martinda7446

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@CinemaTyler If you didn't like Blue Velvet...forget about Twin Peaks, as it is pretty much the same thing except longer and without a conclusion. (But great, great music). I loved Dune, because I love the story I accepted the compromises...I've gone right off mr Lynch recently though still think Blue Velvet is a classic. I think he had one film in him, and that was it. (a bit harsh🙀). Edit: Great music original series...Forgot the new one existed, which I guess is the one your GF watches.

  • @lawrencehorner8418

    @lawrencehorner8418

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@CinemaTyler 1990's Wild at Heart, starring Nicholas Cage and Laura Dern, is another great Lynch film, with lots of references to Elvis and The Wizard of Oz. Plus, there's one scene involving an accident with a shotgun that must be seen to be believed. And, as with many of Lynch's early films, Jack Nance (the star of Eraserhead) appears in an oddball cameo.

  • @dfghj241
    @dfghj2418 жыл бұрын

    about creative uses of color, you should really see Ivan Grozny Part II from Sergey Eisenstein! obviously i would recomend seeing part 1 first.

  • @CinemaTyler

    @CinemaTyler

    8 жыл бұрын

    I'll check it out! Thanks for the suggestion!

  • @bobbfredd
    @bobbfredd8 жыл бұрын

    these are great please make more

  • @CinemaTyler

    @CinemaTyler

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Dunce Art Thanks! More is on the way!

  • @charlesbuchan2826
    @charlesbuchan28264 жыл бұрын

    I also would like to mention that they predicted a water landing on earth and the symbol on the University chalkboard is on the UN flag.

  • @forcedadventure
    @forcedadventure8 жыл бұрын

    INTERESTING !!!

  • @CinemaTyler

    @CinemaTyler

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Forced Adventure Thanks!

  • @rimacstudio8682
    @rimacstudio86823 жыл бұрын

    Great movie

  • @jtbedazzle
    @jtbedazzle9 жыл бұрын

    you should do a video on la jetee.

  • @CinemaTyler

    @CinemaTyler

    9 жыл бұрын

    jtbedazzle Thanks for the suggestion! I love La Jetee! I actually made a short project for school in a similar style. kzread.info/dash/bejne/damqmpOxZbmXeZc.html As soon as a get a few more supporters on Patreon, I'm going to start having Patrons suggest and vote on the subjects of new What I Learned From Watching episodes. Thanks for the comment!

  • @CinemaTyler

    @CinemaTyler

    9 жыл бұрын

    I feel the same way. Although, I bet it would be really difficult to capture the spirit of the original.

  • @jtbedazzle

    @jtbedazzle

    9 жыл бұрын

    CinemaTyler agreed. but, it would be one hell of a scifi movie. dark, underground, tons of metal machinery and weird old medical stuff. and absolutely no cgi! i can see it in my head now... lol

  • @CinemaTyler

    @CinemaTyler

    9 жыл бұрын

    That sounds awesome. I'd be first in line, hehe.

  • @Nightmar3510
    @Nightmar35104 жыл бұрын

    Looks like land of the lost got inspiration from this

  • @4lalina
    @4lalina6 жыл бұрын

    papa georges film!

  • @richardkennedy8481
    @richardkennedy84813 жыл бұрын

    OMG I hate when they put modern music with silent movies. It makes you realize music is dead.

  • @charles-david155
    @charles-david1558 жыл бұрын

    JLG 3d movie is NOTHING like Hugo lmao.

  • @CinemaTyler

    @CinemaTyler

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Charles-David Roc Hehe, you've got that right. I do think that it's interesting that filmmakers are exploring it as a tool. It's hard to tell whether or not it will catch on enough to become another tool in a filmmaker's toolbox though. Personally, I don't much care for the 3d that I have seen. I thought the thing Godard did in Goodbye to Language, where the camera moves in two different directions at once with each eye seeing a different angle, was pretty clever. There have definitely been many times where I've found 3d to be the opposite of immersive. When I think about it, I'd imagine that Tarkovsky would have done something interesting with 3d.