CECIL MILTON HEPWORTH wrote the first British book about the cinema, 'Animated photography: the ABC of the cinematograph', in 1897. He also produced short films, some of which demonstrated special effects techniques developed by film-makers. Two of his titles, 'The egg-laying man' and 'How it feels to be run over', may give you some idea of his work. Hepworth experimented with stop-go action, exploding vehicles and varying the speed of filming. One example of his use of slow motion was so bizarre (and so politically incorrect) that without its pharmaceutical connection I would hardly dare to mention it.
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