Georges Méliès 'A Trip to the Moon' (1902) — Workshop Scene, Hand-Colored Film Still

This hand-colored still from Georges Méliès' landmark 1902 science fiction film 'Le Voyage dans la Lune' captures the bustling workshop where Professor Barbenfouillis' lunar cannon is assembled. Méliès' theatrical stage design tradition is evident in the bold, flat staging and theatrical costumes — workers in vivid pinks, yellows, and greens labor around a massive riveted copper cylinder. The stencil-coloring technique, applied frame-by-frame by Méliès' studio, produces luminous jewel-like tones that transform an industrial scene into proto-pulp spectacle.