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Special effects technician and pioneer Eugen Schüfftan left his mark on Metropolis in numerous aspects, with extensive use of miniatures in the titular city, along with matte paintings and the ...
A special effects technician working on the new Batman film was killed when a vehicle he was in crashed while on a stunt test run. The The victim was on a camera truck which was following a stunt ...
It was Halloween night and McLaughlin was eight years old. His uncle—a special effects technician—had invited him to set to watch the Disney adventure The Rocketeer being made. “I got to see them blow ...
Though they were less advanced, the early days of special effects were still the cutting edge of technology for the time. Film in general was entirely novel, and experimenting with it to achieve ...
How a British dental technician became Hollywood's go-to guy for special effects teeth Chris Lyons has created prosthetic teeth for Harry Potter, Star Wars and Game of Thrones, and most recently ...
Special effects are obviously important for so many movies of various genres, even if they probably shouldn’t be the sole reason you watch a film (with some exceptions… like, maybe Avatar).
Spoilers ahead. Director Valdimar Jóhannsson and visual-effects supervisor Fredrik Nord unpack the A24 movie's creepy visual invention.
The movie looks a lot different once you strip away the visual effects. Here is what 12 "Barbie" scenes look like without any CGI or special effects.