Jack and the Beanstalk

Release Year
1902
Runtime
10m
Genres
Adventure
Family
Fantasy
Directed By
Edwin S. Porter
George S. Fleming
Jack and the Beanstalk

Porter's sequential continuity editing links several shots to form a narrative of the famous fairy tale story of Jack and his magic beanstalk. Borrowing on cinematographic methods reminiscent of 'Georges Melies' , Porter uses animation, double exposure, and trick photography to illustrate the fairy's apparitions, Jack's dream, and the fast growing beanstalk.

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