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    360° scene from Filming The Sound of Music1020 AD – 1974 AD

    Trace the magic of the moving image from Bronze Age sequential art and medieval optics to the chaotic film sets and grand picture palaces of the twentieth century.

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    1. Round 1 · 1964 AD

      Casual

      Filming The Sound of Music

      Julie Andrews famously spun in the lush Alpine meadows of the Untersberg during production of the beloved musical, bringing unprecedented global tourism and cinematic fame to the Austrian city.

    2. Round 2 · 1974 AD

      Casual

      Filming Monty Python and the Holy Grail

      Because the National Trust abruptly withdrew permission to use their properties, the legendary comedy troupe used Scotland's medieval Doune Castle to represent almost every single fortress in the film.

    3. Round 3 · 1921 AD

      Tricky

      Filming Nosferatu at Orava Castle

      F.W. Murnau shot crucial location scenes for his unauthorized Dracula adaptation at Orava Castle, helping establish the foreboding, atmospheric visual style that defined early German Expressionist cinema.

    4. Round 4 · 1659 AD

      Expert

      Huygens Demonstrates the Magic Lantern

      Christiaan Huygens developed the first working magic lantern projector, using lenses and a candle to project hand-painted slides of dancing skeletons onto his study wall, a precursor to modern cinema.

    5. Round 5 · 1020 AD

      Expert

      Alhazen's Camera Obscura Experiment

      While under house arrest, Arab polymath Ibn al-Haytham proved light travels in straight lines by projecting an inverted image of the outside world through a pinhole, establishing the camera obscura.

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