1020 AD – 1974 ADTrace 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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Round 1 · 1964 AD
CasualFilming 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.
Round 2 · 1974 AD
CasualFilming 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.
Round 3 · 1921 AD
TrickyFilming 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.
Round 4 · 1659 AD
ExpertHuygens 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.
Round 5 · 1020 AD
ExpertAlhazen'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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