40 Bits of Trivia About TV and Movie CGI, SFX and ETC

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40 Bits of Trivia About TV and Movie CGI, SFX and ETC
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It took the Academy Awards 10 years to make a Special Effects category. And yet, we’re coming up on a century, and still no awards for stunt people.

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The Ten Commandments

CRACKED.COM Amazing effects made without CGI The Ten Commandments The parting of the Red Sea was made by reversing footage of two water sources flowing together. This was then composited with the walls of water (which were sideways shots of, well, rushing water), and the actors.

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The Fountain

Actual petri dishes were used to make the visual effects in The Fountain. The space voyage effects were made by swirling things like curry powder and yeast in a petri dish.

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Independence Day

40 Bits of Trivia About TV and Movie CGI, SFX and ETC

The First Special Effect Screen Credit

Historical Firsts in Practical Effects The term. Special Effect 1926 gets its first screen credit In the 1920s, studios began dedicating entire departments to special effects, and the term Special Effect first appears in the credits of 1926's What Price Glory? CRACKED

Fox Film Corporation

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Friday the 13th

40 Bits of Trivia About TV and Movie CGI, SFX and ETC

Will Smith

WINTER'S TALE Most of the $60 million budget must have been spent on Will Smith's cameo and not the special effects. CRACKED.COM

Sarah Connor

40 Bits of Trivia About TV and Movie CGI, SFX and ETC

Tron

Remember how digital the original Tron looked? That was achieved with practical effects. It was 1982, and the CGI it would take to render the high-tec

The First Oscar for Best Special Effects

Historical Firsts in Practical Effects The first Academy Award_ 1939 for Best Special Effects. The Rains Came won the first-ever special effects Oscar. Of its $2.5 million budget, $500k was used for flood and earthquake scenes. The effects took almost 50 days, requiring 350 laborers, 14 cameras, and 33 million gallons of water. CRACKED

20th Century Studios

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Predator

Predator (1987) The Predator's blood is a mixture of K-Y Jelly and glow stick fluid. The same effect is still used in the sequels.

The Ring

40 Bits of Trivia About TV and Movie CGI, SFX and ETC

The Raid 2

40 Bits of Trivia About TV and Movie CGI, SFX and ETC

The Raptors in ‘Jurassic Park’

The raptors in Jurassic Park weren't CGI. Those were men in costumes. John Rosengrant was the main raptor Suit performer. To make his movements convin

The Force Awakens

You'd think Dejarik would be CG by The Force Awakens. lt's not. It's still stop-action animation. The original props had deteriorated, though, sO spec

Alien: Resurrection

40 Bits of Trivia About TV and Movie CGI, SFX and ETC

The Nightmare Before Christmas

A SEQUEL TO The Nightmare Before Christmas WOULD'VE SEEN JACK VISITING Thanksgiving World AND THE STOP-MOTION WOULD'VE BEEN DITCHED FOR CGI. CRACKED.COM

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El Hotel Electrico

STOP-MOTION 1908 CRACKED.COM Segundo de Chomón was a Spanish filmmaker who pioneered the use of stop-motion technique in 1908 with his film El hotel eléctrico. Actors held their positions while small objects were moved slightly between frames, creating the illusion of movement.

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