Un homme de têtes (or The Four Troublesome Heads) by Georges Melies, 1898

Original title: Une Homme de Tete (A Man of Heads)
written, produced directed by and stars Georges Melies, the so-called 'father of special effects', this piece shows the ingenuity and sophistication in early film.
Guitar and Banjo by Emily O'Hara
Melies went on to make the famous and extremely beautiful Voyage dans La Lune (1902).
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[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

This man singlehandedly invented what we call Cinema. The theatrical experience and magic of motion pictures. The editing, the cuts, the effects, the story telling... absolutely everything and all of the motion picture craft & art. One man with a 35mm film handcrank camera and a studio that uses Sunlight. The most impressive baby-steps any human invention ever had. We owe this man so much.

[@florencelecomte355]

Thanks for giving credit to Georges Méliès. He was unfortunately ruined by Edison who sued him at multiple time! French are better in art than business in general!!!

[@seanmc7128]

Can you imagine if he were alive today what he could accomplish with today's technology?

[@seanmc7128]

@@florencelecomte355 Edison ruined a few people back then. And stole their ideas.

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

@@seanmc7128 Yeah :) I sometimes think the same about what Beethoven would have done if he was alive today and had masses of Synthesizers available.

[@rohitranjan78]

16 mm ?.no ?

[@vijayfya]

imagine the wonder in the peoples eyes when they first saw this "HOW TF HE DO THAT????"

[@D0S81]

i bet people freaked out or left the picture hall or something, im sure ive read of things like that happening, like the first time a crashing wave or train was shown coming towards the screen (like in buster keaton) people seeing it for the first time screamed or fainted n stuff. give it a hundred years n people will look at footage of us freaking out over how cool holograms or VR is and be exactly the same as us now. watching it on their holodeck

[@Kazza_8240]

Witchcraft 🧙🏼‍♀️

[@D0S81]

@@Kazza_8240 oh, you changed ya comment. i was laughing my ass off when i read 'it be witchcraft me laud'' in the comments feed. i could just imagine this middle ages guy in a hooded shroud all hunched over rubbing his hands together at thought of his master burning another witch that just showed them she could do maths for the first time. ''egads master, she be a witch, she knows base 8 math, there be nae other explanation''

[@Kazza_8240]

@@D0S81 I don't even remember this video......I think I was a wee bit drunk 🤏🏻😂 Aww aye, I do remember this, I watched it at about 3am before bed lol

[@D0S81]

@@Kazza_8240 lmfao, what a belta, thats usually when i end up watching stuff like this, when its like 3a.m. and you cant sleep, and you just end up going down that youtube rabbit hole of ''ooh, thats an interesting thumnail'' twenty interesting thumnails later and you're watching a guy from the 1900's taking his head off.

[@orangutank626]

I would love to go back in time to see the reactions of early 1900s parisians absolutely being mindblown by the special effects and editing skills of George Melies

[@thiscat9712]

i imagined to myself what if someone would remake a trip to the moon as a modern short film

[@D0S81]

i kept thinking my phone was ringing. lol

[@emilyohara531]

The piece I used is called Gran Vals by Francisco Tárrega -it was written around the same as the film (well, 1902) and seemed to fit well : )

[@oneupgamer5306]

1898 folks. 1898! This man was brilliant!

[@TylerMcNamer]

Hundred years later this is still magnificent!

[@Farvaman423]

Did you write this comment in 1998?😭

[@geoffreylogsdon162]

125!

[@Mr.Atari2600]

This was 1898!? O_O

[@UchuuStudio]

@Alexis Peyrache 1st Special Effect? Not this? kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHqyfaZ-bpiIZ7M

[@417Owsy]

Georges Melies is one of those few men who still have an inner child filled with dreams and use whatever they have to make it come true

[@Baribrotzer]

One fantastic short gag that hasn't aged a bit: You can tell it's old, but it's still funny, and the pacing is dead-on. Georges Melies started as a stage magician, and his concept of film was to use it for magic tricks impossible in the real world. This continues to work in a way that the more drawn-out "Voyage to the Moon" doesn't.

[@geoffreylogsdon162]

You nailed it, my friend ❤😊

[@sandrodream5418]

Amazing video special effects ! I cant beleive this masterpiece was filmed in 1898 !!! I am astonished

[@seanmc7128]

I'll tell you what, for a short film made in 1898 the special effects are great! It must of been considered state of the art way back then.

[@geoffreylogsdon162]

There wasn't a state of the art! Most people were just grasping the idea of moving images. They would go to theaters just to see film of cityscapes, people bustling around, etc. Melies 'got it' right away. He was doing this, and A Trip To The Moon, before anyone else even got a handle on this new invention. HE was the guy who showed that film had the unlimited possibility of artistic expression. He was making films with rudimentary storylines, not to mention science fiction, way before anyone else. I thank the universe that for all the ancient films that have been lost, somehow some of his work survived. And also Winsor McKay's pioneering animation with Gertie The Dinosaur.

[@hollymauk8008]

It’s interesting how you can just tell by this film that a radically different new era was about to begin.

[@angonsframes]

First ever man to create vfx in movies !

[@DavisQUAN3]

I knew this film when I read the history of films today, it was shocked me when I watched this. How brilliant is it, he is absolutely a genius!

[@yo_gabygabba]

THIS WAS 1898 THIS ANIMATION IS GREAT

[@nettraveller81]

Movies from '90 were the best.

[@annelisaginger9764]

This comment is so underrated - thank you for making me crack up whilst researching stuff for a school project ✌️

[@patricgothe3621]

This guy is a true genius!

[@EnriqueCardozo]

0:22 This man took the time to modify part of the film to include his arm passing over the visual effect itself.

[@Magnetron33]

He was also a magician. Hence, his penchant for slight of camera. Being a magician gave him the mind set of editing for magic. learned trick photography very quickly. Pretty sure the first to do MANY things.

[@thomasclarkson575]

Love the banjo at the end - so cheeky!

[@emilyohara531]

Thanks Thomas, I try to replicate the music that would have been heard in that era and there were plenty of banjos about! I was very surprised to find out that there were some instances of nylon strung guitars being used as I thought it would be too quiet, but then again purpose-built cinemas hadn't really been built, so it was likely that these films would have appeared in much smaller venues, sometimes even tents or church halls, as side shows to magic acts (incidentally Melies was a magician too!) or variety acts. Do check out tldpicturehouse's other content!

[@noctambule5726]

1898 kids was probably not allowed to watch this. So 1908 kids will always remember this classic

[@TOMNICE]

wtf he killed his heads D:

[@johnyoutuber9781]

NO! NOT THE HEADS!!!

[@Teopae]

THE HEADS!!! Nooooo

[@Papynou48ify]

Méliès le génie ! Merci pour ce partage !

[@dagonnomob1529]

I ❤ sabaku

[@paolocerracchio4028]

Peppe Pa Dio mio 1800!

[@amymosha1639]

Q triste saber que en su tiempo no tuvo el reconocimiento merecido, era un verdadero genio.

[@lindaziella3212]

So amazing and cool. 👍👍👍

[@flordeinvierno1616]

Aún en la época actual se me hace difícil descubrir cómo le hizo para realizar ese efecto. 😲

[@jeremykhothepro]

Brilliant. Fucking brilliant.

[@LeakenaDoll]

Master of genius!✨

[@gabokhabbaz9579]

Now I understand everything, this is where they got the tone of nokia lol

[@guesthouseproduction_]

They got it from Francisco Tárrega - Gran Vals.

[@Kazza_8240]

And the idea for Worzel Gummidges head(s) coming off and on, that freaked me out when I was a wee girl 😂

[@michaelda94]

completo genio!

[@AHHHHHHHHHHHHl]

Brilliant.

[@rolmaguiland21]

Nice well done for this time what accomplishment

[@valentinanderson535]

Fascinating, all a genius

[@MoonTEDDYS]

이게 19세기 영화라니 ㄷㄷ 은근 재밌네요 ㅋㅋ

[@marioconte6223]

me: Oh what a sweet melody, I wonder where it came from Me at 0:22 : WHAT

[@jaybristowe2346]

Nokia ringtone lol

[@emilyohara531]

It's called Gran Vals by Francisco Tarrega : )

[@marioconte6223]

​@@emilyohara531this is some lifechanging information, thank you

[@whatdoyouexactlymeanbyhandle]

0:22 I THOUGHT BETTER CALL SAUL WAS GONNA START PLAYING FOR A SECOND 😭😭🙏🗣️

[@Mordekay021]

O cara fazia isso a 130 anos atrás pqp

[@kadengrossman6252]

to know that someone hand cut out the head in every. single. frame. and then moved it into place … that’s insain.

[@JoaoNeto-fw8im]

Esse homem literalmente vivia um século a frente

[@eubrunoss.]

Un classique.

[@VincentKun]

Un genio. Grazie Mike

[@unnicknamebohnonloso]

di nulla caro

[@robloxentertainer1586]

Was this really 1898? That was 123 years ago!!!!!!!!! How is that possible

[@alfiemassie7974]

When you film guitar and your nokia phone goes off so you pretend it was all part of the plan 0:22

[@yagarcanda]

Another Victim of Edison. A true genius, creativity at its best!

[@justpassingby2358]

What a funny guy!!

[@themaster6543]

0:21 time Traveler: Is that Nokia?! the actor: always has been ☻🗡

[@anawesomepet]

His 4th head: He threw me off!

[@Pasta_lover26578]

0:25 the Nokia sound💀💀

[@freedom_rock18]

That was impressive

[@gmodplayerandeverything9235]

Bro animates better than I do 💀

[@luizgonzagaalexandre]

Esse truque é muito fácil de fazer, no Chroma keyer

[@freedom_rock18]

Better than a any 90s movie

[@klogbawnpaul3436]

take me back #tbt

[@D0S81]

amazing film btw, wonder how it would look with some digital stabilisation effects for the film and heads.

[@johnyoutuber9781]

No, please, i sincerely don't mean to be rude, but in my personal, stupid, humble opinion this pure work of art, together with all of the pre-digital era should not be contaminated. Look what George Lucas did with the original star wars trilogy, adding things such as the cgi blast becuase "he didn't like Han Solo shooting first" bah! I find it distasteful, maybe you don't and i respect that, but that's how i personally see it.

[@swimwiththedead6779]

All jokes and puns aside Disney would monarch it until it's no longer cool. Lmao.

[@D0S81]

@@johnyoutuber9781 ya know what, i can see where your coming from. i always wonder though, if when the films came out where they always as ''jumpy'' if you know what i mean, or is it an age thing. if its how they always were then i totally agree with you.

[@GordanTheToad]

@@johnyoutuber9781 I don't see it as disrespectful since an artist has every right to go back and tinker their work BUT I don't think we should just edit old films without consulting the original creator or their family. I'm just not a fan of the notion that once something is released it should be set in stone like that for all time.

[@GordanTheToad]

@@johnyoutuber9781 Also sorry for replying to some 4 year comment if you don't agree with me then that must've been the most annoying notification ever...

[@iraplikeyoubreathe]

Do this now

[@themagicminstrels476]

BRAVO YOU GOD BRAVO!!!!

[@kadengrossman6252]

HOW’d he do that!

[@mariaclaragomes2652]

Que incrível hahaha

[@codenamexelda]

I think i heard the burner phone ringtone for a second...

[@BillyOGrady]

Woah woah woah... let's not get ahead of ourselves

[@stefanobuonfino69]

1898, and visual effects are better than Venom 2.

[@erbesto7701]

fieroooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@Altos_Entretenimentos0955]

0:39 How He do makes this?🤔🥳🤩

[@Censor-Target]

I love JJ Abrams work.

[@lucameis]

I saw the trick

[@justcloud7583]

Georges melies was actually a magician and invented a robot to draw.

[@rwooooshmeifyourgay9837]

0:22 - 0:24 This sounds familiar

[@worldmetallady]

0:22 That sounded like the Nokia ringing

[@reemrawi1502]

I wonder what he could have done if he had our technologies back then, I cannot even imagine !!!!

[@LuKa-nh3dp]

0:22 Saul Goodman

[@matt4048]

Is that a ring tone at 0:22? 😅

[@alexpianoplayer15]

What soundtrack is that? When dit it appear?

[@TLDPicturehouse]

Hi Alex, the main theme is an extract of Tarrega's 'Gran Vals', performed by our guitarist Emily O'Hara

[@davidl6332]

Era un genio adelantado a su época..

[@hammadaslam-gh9pj]

I am search on google. Who is father of vfx? ans= Georges Méliès

[@SteelNil]

so, no head?

[@carlosabadia1149]

Así que del sonido en el segundo 24 sacaron el sonido clásico del Nokia

[@claymoregang2979]

Dope

[@jamilosan]

0:22 damn didn’t now they had Nokias back then

[@pmcyprys]

Ja znam Nokię.

[@R0CKy_]

Antenato di Matteo Bruno

[@hitomi7g]

NOKIA TUNE !!

[@Sergio-my3tm]

0:21 sound of NOKIA

[@TacticalHatchet]

I'm very sad this wasn't included in RDR2.

[@charlesloveless4636]

The Babadook used this in their movie :)

[@blyxx7450]

Sadly most of his work is lost.

[@GordanTheToad]

Worse a lot of his work is destroyed because it was destroyed or neglected.

[@geoffreylogsdon162]

Be sure to watch A Trip To The Moon which thankfully does exist, and has been painstakingly restored to the best possible quality. There is even a version in *color*, because Melies hand-tinted every single frame. From this if you want to go into animation check out Gertie The Dinosaur from 1902 by WInsor McCay (yes the Little Nemo guy)...and he also pioneered the combination of animation and live action. Then if you are hooked at this point jump ahead to about 1920 and watch every film ever made by Buster Keaton, especially The General. Even by modern standards possibly the greatest film ever made.

[@blyxx7450]

@geoffreylogsdon162 Love Buster he was an incredible stuntman!!!

[@coolcritswiththej-girls6329]

0:22 - the nokia tune?

[@BubsTheCool]

I heard the Nokia ringtone but the last note at the end is off-key

[@Rasmarin2]

0:22 📱📳📱📳📱📳

[@did3d523]

80 Years Before industrial light and magic ! Why French dont become the best producer of movie of world?

[@natebailey1122]

I thought this was the Nokia music at first lmao

[@rdvanufak7622]

00:22 NOKIA

[@felipemonsivais1267]

0:21 Nokia alarm?

[@Flori365Animacion]

0:22 Nokia song?!

[@deerstuff.5295]

Better effects than Thor

[@frankchab6349]

gorges melies was born in 1861

[@thatthepjualaong6863]

How to do it in 1898?!

[@gabrielemonteu1424]

He covered part of the film (whrere there would be the heads) with a black square, and shot the main human figure, then covered the whole film except the previous part and shot the heads separately. he is the father of blue screen/green screen

[@ramon-qk5xw]

how to do it now im not kidding i really dont know LOL

[@thatthepjualaong6863]

@@gabrielemonteu1424 thank you so much

[@timsmythfilmsandanimations]

@@gabrielemonteu1424 Actually, there are no mattes in this film, he just ran the film through the camera four times, once for himself, and once for each head on the table, double exposing them. The table tops may or may not have been removed during the initial pass. Black squares are unnecessary when one has a black room.

[@Komputers_with_Kush]

0:23 Origin of Nokia phone Ringtone?

[@engineer_gaming69]

Nokia phone theme idea

[@del4rg3]

the nokia sound 😭

[@PeaceIslandStudio]

“拿首好戲”