Issue 10
Notebook

In the Beginning there was Chomón: the Birth of a Technique, the Creation of an Aesthetic.

Carlos A. Cuéllar Alejandro
Universitat de València
Bio

Published 2010-07-01

Keywords

  • animated films,
  • cartoons,
  • early cinema,
  • cinema of attractions,
  • special effects,
  • fantasy
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How to Cite

Cuéllar Alejandro, C. A. (2010). In the Beginning there was Chomón: the Birth of a Technique, the Creation of an Aesthetic. L’Atalante. Journal of Film Studies, (10), 5–8. https://doi.org/10.63700/122

Abstract

Segundo de Chomón is the leading pioneer of both Spanish and international animated films. This imaginative filmmaker, also the creator of the frame-by-frame filming technique in the short film El hotel eléctrico (1905), was one of the most prestigious technicians of his day who, through his work, has ultimately set the groundwork for the animated films that we know today.

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