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Film has revolutionized the world as we know it. In the current day and age film is quite advanced. You can watch movies with special effects and insane resolution there were never thought possible before. But film has not always been this way. Over the decades since around the 1900s when the first film was made there been amazing advances in technology and in acting. An examination of the past hundred or so years will show the amazing advances film has taken to come to what we know of it today.

Firstly the directors and their team use a variety of different camera techniques to shape our view on the characters, and ultimately

To make those special effects in the movie you would make all human and non-magical beings less detailed. Make them dull, dark colors, little make-up. And all the magical creatures in bright bold colors double the make-up. Have all their surroundings dull in the background when they are on screen and have them stand out with the special effects. The monsters have fine detail and dark colors but they are dark VIBRANT colors so that they look ugly and scary he makes them show up when least expected so that it surprises you and makes the humans fear him so that you would fear them as well. And the goddesses will show up when needed most you make them glowing and the good guys so that they seem more beautiful than they are. You have them play the parts of fair and understanding that way they are more intriguing and have an unexplainable beauty that you feel attracted to, they are the opposite of the monsters.

A Special Effects Technician uses Computer Generated Imagery (CGI), pyrotechnics and physical effects to create visual illusions in film, television, stage or video productions.  I will attempt to explain the major areas of work covered under the title of Special Effects Technician, the education required and the salary expected in the field

Films and movies are a composition of elements that make that essentially come together as one to form a piece of art. Although a film is not complete with missing elements, some elements when used out of place can break a movie. Some of these elements include, but are not limited to, a character’s costume and makeup, lighting, camera direction, acting, special effects, and, sound effects and music. In some films one element may be the overriding factor but when put together, these elements work together to please an audience.

For Lucas it has always been about telling a good story; “For me, digital effects are necessary to my craft-an enchantment to tell stories. Everything we did was driven by that goal-finding better ways to tell stories” (Lucas qtd in Goldman). Exactly as a writer, Lucas wanted to do his best to get people to feel the emotions the characters felt and be able to be swung into another world. In movies it can be both easier and harder to get those feelings out than in books, but nothing had ever stopped Lucas because his passion was to be able to tell a good story. He was able to tell his stories with the visual effects that he made and in that way the movie became more realistic and honest. Lucas also sees visual effects workers and people working in the film industry as artists. “People who work in special effects are extremely important creative partners in this regard. They are all artists.” (Lucas qtd in Goldman). People might not understand the importunateness and hard work video editors and visual effects workers do daily. Just as a painter or photographer, visual effects workers are artists, whom Lucas worked hard on to express and show the world, and also make people interested in his

Special effects are another very important tool in defining the horror genre. In the years leading up to the 1970s, special effects were almost non-existent, or minimal at best, in the film industry. It wasn’t until The Exorcist was released in 1973 that movie goers were hit with believable special effects that would have been thought impossible a mere half decade before. As a result of these revolutionary special effects, The

There are various elements that contribute to the significance of a film. Cinematography, is one important element in which the camera is used to capture visual images through a number of other controllable elements such as; camera lens, framing, scale, movement etc. Editing is another fundamental component of film studies in which different shots are put together in a coherent sequence in order to make meaning of a film.

“The director Tim Burton wages a valiant battle to show us new and wonderful things. In a Hollywood that placidly recycles the same old images, Burton uses special effects and visual tricks to create sights that have never been seen before.”-Roger Ebert. This is true, Tim Burton uses a variety of cinematic techniques such as lighting, music and sound, and even camera angles to display the mood of a scene and the characters in it that the audience can understand and even relate to on a more personal level.

Rear screen projection was used in the background of certain shots, as well as the use of extreme close-up shots. The use of new and experimental lenses was common for the making of this movie so as to remove many of the common restrictions and limitations of the camera. Unconventional lighting and super-speed film was also used in many of the

Editing is all about bringing a creative force into a film. The process could mean fixing a number of things like moving things around, meaning to arrange, select, and assemble - this goes for every component in the film. What you visualize, hear, with the use of special effects all are components that are edited and added to the film in a unique way to create a good story. The movie to be analysis is the film Forrest Gump with editor, Arthur Schmidt, he won an Oscar at the 67th academy awards for best film editing. Arthur Schmidt had three responsibilities as an editor in the film, which are spatial relationship, temporal relationship, and rhythm.

Sky High is filled with special effects. The special effects are used to emphasize the theme and style of the film. The use of special effects is very sufficient throughout the entire film. The variety of effects ranges from the mimics of comic book pages to crafty backgrounds and super powers. For example, the movie starts off by presenting the background information of Will Stronghold’s family through a comic book illustration.

IT has also changed the way movies are shot particularly through application of film special effects. The film industry heavily relies on illusions to simulate imaginary events in a story (McClean, 2007). Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) is another key technology that is applied to special effects to enhance films. CGI is mainly used in special effects to enable filmmakers to control the scenes instead of using many extra actors. This has simplified film production and reduced the costs incurred. A lot of movies especially those classified under fiction, action, and horror genres rely on CGI.

How are the four elements of film style (cinematography, sound, mise-en-scene, editing) used in the film to create realism.

It is believed that more than 50 percent of the film involved special effects. One of the many reasons is because the film itself was made on a budget and the other being “for the nature and scope of its subject” (The Denny Life) to keep costs down. One of the methods that revolutionize cinematography was the introduction of a technique known as deep focus by Orson Welles. Deep focus is the use of “having everything in the frame even the background in focus at the same time” contrary to “having only the people or object in the foreground in focus” (The Denny Life). Moreover, the deep focus technique requires the cinematographer to combine lighting, composition, and type of camera lens to produce the desired effect. For example, Orson Welles use this technique on