Special Effects – Visual Effects – Cinema
Manimal transformation
Do you remember the TV show Manimal ? It was around 1983. The main character had the ability to transform into different kind of animals.
Let’s watch again the full panther transformation.
I liked this show, that was cool, and for a TV show, effects wasn’t bad !
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L’histoire sans fin
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Voici un film qui a marqué toute une génération. En tous cas, il a bercé mon enfance. L’histoire sans fin reste un monument, et même si les effets spéciaux semblent aujourd’hui dépassés, il restera sans doutes dans les annales pour encore longtemps. Voici un long making of, qui nous permet de revenir sur ce film
NOVA: The Magic of Visual Effects 02
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Hi there ! Here is the second part of Nova : The Magic of Visual Effects, talking about FX for “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” , “Explorers”, “Return of the Jedi”, and “2010: Odyssey two”. You’ll find some stuff we already saw in other videos, but there is new one too ! you
“Terminator 2″ wins Best Visual Effects Oscar 1991
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Let’s remember the Ceremony in 1991 when Terminator 2 won the Best Visual Effects Oscar. You’ll recognize Stan Winston, Dennis Muren, Robert Skotak and Gene Warren, Jr. Diane Ladd and Laura Dern present the award. you read, you like, you share !
Ray Harryhausen talks about Stop-Motion
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Here is a video interview of the Master Ray Harryhausen, talking about stop motion animation techniques on his Jason and the Skeletons sequence. It’s very interesting. Enjoy ! you read, you like, you share !
NOVA: The Magic of Visual Effects 01
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A 1984 documentary on FX for “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” , “Explorers”, “Return of the Jedi”, and “2010 Thanks to AgraphaFX for sharing this video on youtube. you read, you like, you share !
Forrest Ackerman and Rick Baker interview
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Discover this rare interview of the collector Forrest Ackerman, passionate of monsters and Sci-Fi, and master of Special Make-up Rick Baker showing us some of his prostetics. It’s really impressive to see how they did Frankenstein or American Werewolf in London. To have more informations about this to celebrity in monster industry. Let’s check their
Discover Movie Magic
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I don’t know if you remember this TV Show, but few years ago, when I was a kid, this is how I discovered the magic world of Special Effects for Films. I was so a huge fan of this show that watched it again and over again. In French, the name was “Le cinéma des
about 2 years ago
I even find that even ’till a good time in the 00′s effects in TV shows where a whole lot worse than this. I saw big budget movies of the 80′s that had effects that weren’t really that much better than this, and then came CGI which ruined television and low budget effects (In my opinion). a cheap animatronic or make-up effect at least looked remotely real, whilst cheap and badly composited CGI always looks fake and ruins a lot of series with good atmosphere.
But than again, that’s my opinion (and I know CGI is speedier and cheaper to make, so I do understand TV networks:)).
about 2 years ago
Yes, that’s a big debate, CGI vs SFX…Take a film like Hellboy 2. There are a lot of Make-up effects and some CGI. You can not always tell wich one is CG and wich one is real.
about 2 years ago
Oh, but I ain’t talking about movies with a large budget. I’m all for CGI efects (otherwise I wouldn’t go and study it next year) but I really mean the previous generation of TV series (Fringe and a lot of new series do have a certain level of animation and CGI in them) and low budget movies (one of the first things that comes to mind is Cyclopse (2008) (http://hl.megashares.com/1608pt36fde4c.png) or some monster effects in the movie Blood: The Last vampire.
I truly love movies like Hellboy etc. Del Torro is a master in finding the right balance between prosthetics, animatronics and CGI.