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1900s

8 effects · The decade marks introduction, breakthrough or wide use

  • 63

    Autochrome Lumière

    1907–1930s: early practical color photography.

  • 64

    Glass Shot

    Originating in the 1900s. Established from the 1920s onwards, continuing into classic Hollywood.

  • 65

    Bromoil Print

    Developed in 1907; Pictorialism of the 1910s and 1920s

  • 66

    Wipe

    1901 early example; 1930s widespread studio effect

  • 67

    Reverse Motion

    Early animated films; recurring in music videos

  • 68

    Stencil Coloring

    1903, Pathé Frères introduced an automated stencil system

  • 69

    Kinemacolor

    1908, George Albert Smith's two-colour process

  • 70

    Film Tinting

    1890s, early silent cinema

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