Méliès by Daniel Lockhart published on 2021-04-11T13:00:13Z Méliès Verse 1: Before Star Trek, Star Wars or Interstellar Illusionist, Actor, and Film director George Melieu Started it all Chorus 1 & 2: “Wizards, mermaids, travelers, adventurers, magicians… come dream with me” Verse 2: From his theater of illusions He started film making A jam in the camera A little mistake brought the stroke of brilliance Out came special effects Verse 3: He gave us: A Trip to the Moon The Impossible Dream And the first Cinderella multiple exposures, time lapse photograpy Pre-Chorus and Chorus 3: “Look around… this is where dreams are made” “It worked perfectly” “Happy endings only happen in the movies” “Wizards, mermaids, travelers, adventurers, magicians… come dream with me” Unused lyrical ideas: Created Substition splices, Creating special effects for films in films So many innovations 500 short films Brought us Substition splices, multiple exposures and time lapse photograpy It all began at the Theater Houdin He created the first one man band with him playing all seven charactersThe execution of of Mary Stuart first known film to use special effects such as the stop trick Surreal journeys Bankrupt and dreams gone Worked in obscurity in toy store in a Paris train station Quotes: “If you've ever wondered where your dreams come from, you look around... this is where they're made.” “My life has taught me one lesson, Hugo Cabret, and not the one I thought it would. Happy endings only happen in the movies.” “My friends, I address you all tonight as you truly are; wizards, mermaids, travelers, adventurers, magicians... Come and dream with me.” Georges Melies References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_M%C3%A9li%C3%A8s https://www.howtopronounce.com/georges-m%C3%A9li%C3%A8s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Execution_of_Mary_Stuart https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substitution_splice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNAHcMMOHE8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCmXTlCi7D4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfmH7WyWXg8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qFNmHl2VIQ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0617588/ Georges Méliès Genre Indie Comment by REI Koizumi Great atmospheric song! Love the chorus! 2022-01-13T15:15:00Z Comment by Llanpsych Very nice but also ever so slightly sinister as well :)))) 2021-08-22T07:16:25Z Comment by Moment Milli Good track !!! 2021-06-12T07:43:09Z Comment by Jeremy J. Saks |Composer| Love the theme!!!! 2021-05-02T13:44:23Z Comment by STONERJAZZ cool song.. love the writing and the vocals!! 2021-04-29T23:46:43Z Comment by DAVID KEENER A nice dream song! 2021-04-18T23:28:24Z Comment by Deep Blue Cat lovely song, has Simon n Garfunkel vibe 2021-04-14T02:17:08Z Comment by E-Ruizzo Charming cadence and story... 2021-04-12T20:14:30Z