Life is reproduced for us and we are part of it, not as participants to the action, but as active voyeurs. Artistic intentionality and the possibility of constructing a conscious course of action, which is also lasting and identical, are the two attributes which Le Prince achieved in 1888 and film, as an art form, has adopted until the present day.

Muybridge’s work allowed audiences to see for the first time images that they were unable to distinguish with the bare eye. The discovery thus laid-down the foundation for all the visual tricks the cinematic world is to bring throughout its history in order to distort our perception so that we confuse it for reality.