FILM 1143 Lecture 2: Special Effects
8 Feb 2020
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3 main types of effects: optical, mechanical, computer generated imagery (cgi) Last great in camera effects film: vision of future as hyper industrial hellscape contrasted with prevailing sci-fi conventions, noir/sci-fi hybrid imitated by many subsequent films (ex. Los angeles 2019: polyglossia is many languages mixed together (chinese, japanese, spanish, and english, overpopulation, pollution, industrial city nightmare, divide between off world rich and earth bound poor, replicants constitutes class of slaves. The final cut: removed harrison ford voiceover, added dream of unicorn sequence, fixed some fx shots, removed happy ending. Combining models, blue screen, and cgi: the tree beards sequence in the lord of the rings: the two towers combined actors, blue screen, models, and cgi.
