The Phantasmagoria

What was the Phantasmagoria? After reading this article, write a reflection on what elements of the Phantasmagoria became adopted into the development of movies.
This invention was worked by Gaspard Robert assumed the stage name of Robertson, a man interested in both spectacle and science at the end of the 18th century, when France had just experienced its brutal Revolution. Robertson was the pioneer of Phantasmagoria, the early spectacle of horror and mysticism. In 1793 with a scheme to use mirrors as a defense against the British navy, Robertson had attempted to convince the government but of course they were not thrilled with the idea and it had taken Robertson multiple attempts to convince them, so that wouldn't be the last time. His love of art and physics merged into phantasmagoria, its name roughly meaning a gathering of ghosts. He’d been inspired by Paul Philidor’s magic lantern shows. He built a magic lantern on wheels called the Fantoscope, and with it he could not only project layers of images all at once, but move around so with this success he used it to his advantage to create this epic illusion that makes the figures appear to approach the audience.

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