TRON- July 9, 1982

Steven Lisburger

TRON: Legacy-17 Dec 2010

Joseph Kosinski

Terminator 2: Judgment Day- 16 Aug 1991

James Cameron

Young Sherlock Holmes- Dec 6, 1985

Barry Levinson

2001: A Space Odyssey-12 May 1968

Stanley Kubrick

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl-8 Aug 2003

Gore Verbinski

Jason and the Argonauts-15 Aug 1963

Don Chaffey

This movie combined stop-motion and live-action

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring-19 Dec 2001

 Peter Jackson

King Kong-March 2, 1933

Merian C. Cooper

The Abyss-August 9, 1989

James Cameron

An American Werewolf in London-12 Nov 1981

John Landis

Nosferatu-16 Feb 1922

F. W. Murnau

Luxo jr-August 17, 1986

John Lasseter

 

 

My Favorite VFX Shot:

Invisible Effects

• Subtle
• Hidden
• Overlooked

Spectacular Effects

• Attention-grabbing
• Eye-catching
• Exciting to look at

The difference between Invisible Effects and Spectacular Effects is that Invisible Effects main purpose is to not be seen or noticed by the spectator. On the other hand Spectacular Effects is supposed to draw your attention and be exciting to watch.  It is a common misconception that VFX is all explosions and exciting visuals, This falls more into the category of Spectacular Effects while Invisible Effects are supposed to go unnoticed.

Week 3

Georges Méliès

Georges Méliès was a famous French illusionist and film director. He was born on December 8, 1861 in Paris, France. He Is regarded as “The Father of Special Effects.” for leading many technical and narrative developments in the earliest days of cinema. He was even able to create his own camera. Georges Méliès’s most famous film is Le Voyage dans la lune (1902; A Trip to the Moon). The film is a very loose adaptation of Jules Verne’s novel De la terre à la lune (1865; From the Earth to the Moon) and has the famous image of the spacecraft from Earth hitting the “man in the moon” in his eye. Georges Méliès later died of cancer on 21 January 1938 at the age of 76.