Special effects Special effects 3D audio effects are a group of sound effects that attempt to widen the stereo image produced by two loudspeakers or stereo headphones, or to create the illusion of sound sources placed anywhere in 3 dimensional space, including behind, above or below the listener. ...more on Wikipedia about "3D audio effect"
Audio-Animatronics or just animatronics is a form of robotics created by Walt Disney Imagineering for several shows and attractions at Disney theme parks, and subsequently expanded on and used by other companies. The robots move and make noise, generally speech or song. An animatronic robot is different from an android in that an animatronic works off prerecorded moves and sounds, rather than processing external stimuli and responding to them. ...more on Wikipedia about "Audio-Animatronics"
Bluescreen (also known as Chroma Key) is a term for the filmmaking technique of shooting foreground action against an evenly-lit monochomatic background for the purpose of removing the background from the scene and replacing it with a different image or scene. The term also refers to the visual effect resulting from this technique as well as the colored screen itself (although it is often not blue; for example, with greenscreen). ...more on Wikipedia about "Bluescreen"
A body double is a general term for someone who substitutes for the credited actor of a character in any recorded visual medium, whether videotape or film. The term is most commonly used in the context of head-to-toe (or nearly) shots involving nudity. For example, Catherine Bell served as a nude body double for Isabella Rossellini in the movie Death Becomes Her. More specific terms are often used in special cases; a stunt double is used for dangerous or sophisticated sequences. ...more on Wikipedia about "Body double"
Bullet time (often hyphenated as bullet-time) is a concept introduced in recent films and computer games whereby the passage of time is displayed as extremely slow or frozen moments in order to allow a viewer to observe imperceptibly fast events (such as flying bullets). It is often used to create a dramatic effect, as in the film The Matrix. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bullet time"
CineMagic was the name of film development technique invented by 3-D movie producer Sidney W. Pink in the 1959 science-fiction movie The Angry Red Planet to cast a pinkish glow over the screen. The point of the technique was to make the actors look more like cartoons so they could fit into less realistic backgrounds, the overall effect being that the movie would look more impressive even with a smaller budget. ...more on Wikipedia about "CineMagic (film technique)"
Digital compositing is the process of assembling multiple images to make a final image, typically for print, motion pictures or screen display. ...more on Wikipedia about "Digital compositing"
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The dolly zoom is an unsettling in-camera special effect that appears to undermine normal visual perception in a way that is difficult to describe. The effect was invented by Irmin Roberts, a Paramount second-unit cameraman, and was famously used by Alfred Hitchcock in his film Vertigo, although it appeared earlier at the climax to his film Spellbound. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dolly zoom"
Forced perspective is a filmmaking technique employed to make larger objects appear smaller to the viewer or vice versa, depending on their relationship to the camera and each other. Forced perspective creates an optical illusion, used primarily to make objects appear far away when set space is limited. Movies (especially B-movies) in the 50's and 60's are notorious for obvious and badly done forced perspective angles. Examples of forced perspective: ...more on Wikipedia about "Forced perspective"
A greeble is a small piece of detailing added to break up the surface of an object to add visual interest to a surface or object, particularly in movie special effects. Greebles are closely related to nurnies. ...more on Wikipedia about "Greeble"
Hanging miniature is an in-camera special effect similar to a matte shot where a model, rather than a painting, is placed in foreground and the action takes place in the background. It is thus a specfic form of forced perspective. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hanging miniature"
Heiligenschein ("holy light") is the name for an optical effect which creates a bright spot around the shadow of a person's head when this person is looking at it. It is created when the surface on which the shadow falls has special optical characteristics. Dewy grass is known to exhibit these characteristics, and create a Heiligenschein. On the moon, the opposition effect also creates a bright spot of light around the viewers head when he is looking in the opposite direction of the sun. ...more on Wikipedia about "Heiligenschein"
An in-camera effect is any special effect in a video or movie that is created solely by using techniques in and on the camera and/or its parts. The in camera effect is defined by the fact that the effect exists on the original camera negative or video recording before it is sent to a lab or modified. So effects that modify the original negative at the lab, such as skip bleach or flashing, are not included. Likewise effects that work with props, such as squibs, fire, and dustball guns are also not included. Some examples of in camera effects include: ...more on Wikipedia about "In-camera effect"
Kitbashing is a practice in which a new scale model is created by combining elements from existing, commercially-available model kits; these elements may be added to an existing base, or to each other. Both hobbyists and commercial modelmakers do this; in the latter case, it is particularly popular for creating concept models, and also for detailing motion picture special effects. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kitbashing"
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* The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith, A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi ...more on Wikipedia about "List of films using the Wilhelm scream"
In the field of special effects a miniature effect is a special effect generated by the use of scale models. ...more on Wikipedia about "Miniature effect"
Morphing is a special effect in motion pictures and animations that changes (or morphs) one image into another through a seamless transition. Most often it is used to depict one person turning into another through some magical or technological means or as part of a fantasy or surreal sequence. Traditionally such a depiction would be achieved through cross-fading techniques on film. Since the early 1990s this has been replaced by computer software to create more realistic transitions. ...more on Wikipedia about "Morphing"
Motion control photography is a special effects technique used in film that creates the illusion of size from small models by moving a small camera by the model at very slow speeds. It was first widely used in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, which led to that movie's groundbreaking visuals, and has since become a standard technique for almost all films. ...more on Wikipedia about "Motion control photography"
Optical effects is a sub-category of special effects for film in which film images are manipulated through optical processes using film, light, shadow, lenses and/or chemical processes. Examples are film titles, fades, dissolves, wipes, blow ups, bluescreen, composites, and double exposures. The effects are usually done in post-production with an optical printer, although some, such us fades and double exposures, can be done as in-camera effects but with much less precision. ...more on Wikipedia about "Optical effect"
An optical printer is a device consisting of one or more film projectors mechanically linked to a movie camera. It allows filmmakers to re-photograph one or more strips of film. The optical printer is used for making special effects for motion pictures, or for copying and restoring old film material. ...more on Wikipedia about "Optical printer"
Perlin noise is a function which uses interpolation between a large number of pre-calculated gradient vectors to construct a value that varies pseudo-randomly over space and/or time. It resembles band-limited white noise, and is often used in CGI to make computer-generated objects more natural-looking, by imitating the pseudo-randomness of nature. ...more on Wikipedia about "Perlin noise"
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A phaser is an audio signal processor used to filter a signal by attenuating a series of "notches" in the frequency spectrum. The position of the notches typically varies over time (modulation), phasers usually include a low frequency oscillator for this purpose. A stereo phaser is usually two identical phasers modulated by a quadrature signal, i.e., the output of the oscillators for the left and right channels are a quarter-wave out of phase. ...more on Wikipedia about "Phaser (effect)"
A practical special effect is one in which a prop object appears to work in a situation where it obviously could not (such as a ringing telephone on stage). No trick photography or post-production editing is involved. This type of effect is normally found in live theatre. ...more on Wikipedia about "Practical effect"
Prosthetic makeup is the process of using prosthetic sculpting, molding and casting techniques to create advanced cosmetic effects. Prosthetic makeup was revolutionized by Dick Smith in such films as The Godfather, where they first used squibs to simulate gun shot wounds. It was later led by such people as Tom Savini ( Friday the 13th, Dawn of the Dead, Creepshow), Rob Bottin ( The Thing, Total Recall), Rick Baker ( The Nutty Professor), Screaming Mad George ( Predator, Society), and Stan Winston ( Jurassic Park, Interview with the Vampire). ...more on Wikipedia about "Prosthetic makeup"
The Schüfftan process is a movie special effect named after its inventor, Eugen Schüfftan (1893–1977). It was widely used in the first half of the 20th century before it was replaced by the travelling matte and bluescreen effects. ...more on Wikipedia about "Schüfftan process" This text is made for www.shortopedia.com
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