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Special Effects (F/X) - Milestones in Film Introduction |
( chronological order by film title) Introduction | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 |
 Greatest Visual-Special Effects (F/X) Milestones in Film History: From
even its earliest days, films have used visual magic ("smoke
and mirrors") to produce illusions and trick effects that
have startled audiences. In fact, the phenomenon of persistence
of vision (it was first described to some degree in 1824
by British physician Peter Mark Roget) is the reason why the
human eye sees individual frames of a movie as smooth, flowing
action when projected.
The earliest effects were produced within the camera (in-camera effects), such as simple jump-cuts or superimpositions, or were created by using miniatures, back projection, or matte paintings. Optical effects came slightly later, using film, light, shadow, lenses and/or chemical processes to produce the film effects. Film titles, fades, dissolves, wipes, blow ups, skip frames, bluescreen, compositing, double exposures, and zooms/pans are examples of various optical effects. Cel animation, scale modeling, claymation, digital compositing, animatronics, use of prosthetic makeup, morphing, and modern computer-generated or computer graphics imagery (CGI) are just some of the more modern techniques that are widely used for creating incredible special or visual effects. See also additional sections of site for more related information: Film Terms Glossary (illustrated), History of Film by Decade, and Milestones and Turning Points in Film History.  are
the films that "The Greatest Films" site has selected
as the 100 Greatest Films.
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