Editing Miniature effect (section)

== From 1900 to the mid-1960s ==
French director [[Georges Méliès]] incorporated special effects in his 1902 film ''[[A Trip to the Moon|Le Voyage dans la Lune]]'' (''A Trip to the Moon'') — including double-exposure, split screens, miniatures and stop-action.<ref>{{cite news|last=Chmielewski|first=Dawn|title=A medium in motion|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/cl-ca-125filmtech21may21,0,6395197.story|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060818123422/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/cl-ca-125filmtech21may21,0,6395197.story|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 18, 2006|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=May 21, 2006}}</ref>

Some of the most influential visual effects films of these early years such as ''[[Metropolis (1927 film)|Metropolis]]'' (1927), ''[[Citizen Kane]]'' (1941), ''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'' (1954) ''[[The Ten Commandments (1956 film)|The Ten Commandments]]'' (1956).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinemaweb.com/silentfilm/bookshelf/10_cbd_4.htm|title=Motion Picture Directing<!-- Bot generated title -->}}</ref> The 1933 film ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]'' made extensive use of miniature effects including scale models and stop-motion animation of miniature elements.