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A special effect of a miniature person from the 1952 film The Seven Deadly Sins. Special effects (often abbreviated as F/X or simply FX) are illusions or visual tricks used in the theatre, film, television, video game, amusement park and simulator industries to simulate the imagined events in a story or virtual world.
This category contains companies that produce special effects for use in television or film. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
A special effect is an illusion or visual trick used in the film, television, theatre, video game, and simulator industries. Special Effect(s) may also refer to: Tokusatsu, Japanese film genre that literally means "special effects." Special Effects, an album by Tech N9ne; Special Effects, a 1984 film by Larry Cohen
In 1857, Oscar Rejlander created the world's first "special effects" image by combining different sections of 32 negatives into a single image, making a montaged combination print. In 1895, Alfred Clark created what is commonly accepted as the first-ever motion picture special effect.
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Hosted by actor Mark Hamill, it is a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the special effects (SP FX) in the second Star Wars film, The Empire Strikes Back, which was released that year. The special was written by Richard Schickel and directed by Robert Guenette, who had both previously worked on the 1977 special The Making of Star Wars.
He is known for his special effects work on TV series including Thunderbirds (1965–66) and films including Alien (1979), [5] for which he received the 1980 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects (shared with H. R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Ayling and Nick Allder).
Steve Johnson (born Steven Marcus Jacobs; February 7, 1960) [1] is an American special effects artist whose career has spanned more than thirty years. His work has appeared in over 200 films, countless television shows, theme parks, commercials, and music videos.