Special Effects

Can You Spot A Trick?

The Huffington Post | Priscilla Frank | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Alfred Hitchcock, Photography, Rhizome, Video, Ps1, Slideexpand, Sculpture, Cnaani, Failed Technology, Tricks, Female Artists, Special Effects, Ofri Cnaani, Israeli Artists, Arts News

Ofri Cnaani's exhibition "Special Effects" asks, or perhaps dares: "Can you see a trick while it's happening?" If this question sounds simple, you...

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11 Ideas That Changed Film

Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Film Noir, Dubbing, Video, Movie History, Movie Magic, Special Effects, Slideexpand, Movies, Ideas That Changed Film, Film History, Books News

Color. Sound. Multiplexes. Artificial Lighting. The ever-changing history of film is a story of the intersection between culture and technology from t...

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The 7 Most Overrated Things About the Movies

Mark Juddery | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Titanic, Arthouse, Citizen Kane, Douglas Trumbull, Tribeca Film Festival, Titanic 3d, Film Festivals, James Cameron, Slidepollajax, Cannes Film Festival, 3-D, Film Criticism, Screenwriting, George Lucas, Special Effects, Jmovie Stars, Entertainment News
Mark Juddery

As someone who attends film festivals with relish, I still feel a terrible urge to expose the most overrated things in today's film industry.

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The Only Way to See a Film

Ridley Scott | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Movie Makers, Special Effects, Technology, Filmmaking, Films, Ridley Scott, Blu-Ray, Dvds, Blu Ray, Entertainment News
Ridley Scott

It has never made sense to me that those preoccupied with how movies are delivered have for years written off "physical media" as "dead" even though the evidence shows it isn't happening and won't for years to come.

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Name-Dropping with Pollo - Sept. 30, 2011

Pollo Del Mar | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: So You Think You Can Dance, 3d Graphics, 3d-Graphics, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Scott Nevins, Academy Awards, Noah's Arc, Computer Generated Graphics, Grant Anderson, Wilson Cruz, Academy Award Winners 2009, Creative Monster, Benton Lee, Kwanza Jones, The Matrix, LOGO TV, Kwanza-Jones, Skylar Grey, Dev, James Cameron, Katrina, Planet B-Boy, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Special Effects, Liz Primo, San Francisco News
Pollo Del Mar

Fans of dance and house music won't want to miss my backstage footage from the recent GIRLS4BOYS Tour, when rising dance music acts Kwanza Jones, Liz Primo and Katrina hit LGBT night clubs along the West Coast.

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Sucker Punch: Why You Were Unprepared To See the Film

Dan Pashman | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: Vanessa Hudgens Sucker Punch, Films, Comics, Jon Hamm, Movie Theaters, Film, Jena Malone, Movies, New Movies, Comic Books, Sucker Punch, Cgi, Filmmaking, Action-Adventure, Special Effects, Abbie Cornish, Fantasy, Comedy News
Dan Pashman

I didn't see Sucker Punch, and chances are, neither did you. The heavily-hyped special effects film opened Friday, but it lost the weekend box office...

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WATCH: Black Swan Visual Effects Techniques Revealed

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Doobybrain, Special Effects, Visual Effects, Ballet, Post-Production, Black Swan, Natalie Portman, Arts News

If you found yourself mesmerized by Black Swan's sinister sets, watching the visual effects reel may feel like waking from a hallucination. The video ...

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Special Effects Wizard John Nelson on The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Dan Lybarger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Special Effects, Terminator 2, Jerry Bruckheimer, The Socerer's Apprentice, Arts, The Pelican Brief, Disney, John Nelson, Film, Nicolas Cage, In the Line of Fire, Movies, Cinema, Entertainment News
Dan Lybarger

For over three decades, John Nelson has specialized in making impossible images seem real.

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Avatar: Moviemaking Will Never Be the Same

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alien World, Special Effects, 3-D, James Cameron, Avatar, Entertainment News
Jackie K. Cooper

Avatar (20th Century Fox) Moviemaking Will Never Be the Same The initial introduction to Avatar was not good. The trailer left something to be desire...

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Lab Rat Cinema: Monetizing the Reptile Brain

Athena Andreadis, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Special Effects, Waterworld, Fear, Anger, Critical Thought, Mindless Entertainment, Positive Thinking, Fight-or-Flight, Barbara Ehrenreich, Reptile Brain, Blockbusters, James Cameron Avatar, Adrenaline, Cortisol, Movies, Entertainment News
Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.

The unmistakable sign of a well-wrought book or film is that it puts us in a light trance. We suspend disbelief, immerse ourselves in the universe unfolding before us.

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