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The Moving Picture Show

Welcome to the Moving Picture Show! Watch the journey of film, from Victorian travel guides and theatre right up to the big screen blockbusters we know and love today. Including genuine footage courtesy of the BFI.

FILM:

You can watch the full collection of film for free on the BFI website.

PARODY OF

The Greatest Show from The Greatest Showman

LYRICS BY

Ben Ward

FROM

Series 8 Episode 1 (Queen Vic's Home Vids)

LYRICS:

It started with smoke and mirrors and what the butler saw

We had photos but we wanted something more

So Dixon and Edison made something we can’t ignore

Pictures that moved

They blew our brains as we sat there facing an oncoming train

 

At first the films were short and shot outside

People pulling faces, drinking milk and travel guides

As the movie grew to many minutes long

They needed something new to show the throng

 

So they crashed a rocket in the moon and filmed King John

Drew some pictures, made them move and called it animation

Movie stars got famous Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton

They’re just the start of our favourite thing!

 

We don’t even mind the queue

On screen our dreams come true

In 3D and sometimes 2

The Moving Picture Show!

 

You can use your phone to view

And use it to make films too

Be a Minion or maybe Gru

The Moving Picture Show!

 

They blew our minds when the first actors spoke

Adding colour changed everything at a stroke

Crash zoom, wide screen and the records broke

Special effects, science fiction; now at home on your television

 

Star Wars and Ghostbusters were gigantic

But nothing ever really topped Titanic

Yeah, OK, Avatar, don’t be pedantic

But now things are really getting frantic

 

High definition, downloads and motion capture

Crowdfunding now YouTube is coming at ‘ya

Star Wars is back, and we are in rapture

Where will it end? We hope it never ends!

 

We don’t even mind the queue

On screen our dreams come true

In 3D and sometimes 2

The Moving Picture Show!

 

You can use your phone to view

And use it to make films too

Be a Minion or maybe Gru

The Moving Picture Show!

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