Tim Dirks' Visual and Special Effects Milestones
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From even its earliest days, films have used visual magic ("smoke and mirrors") to produce illusions and trick effects that have startled audiences. In fact, the phenomenon of persistence of vision (it was first described to some degree in 1824 by British physician Peter Mark Roget) is the reason why the human eye sees individual frames of a movie as smooth, flowing action when projected.
The earliest effects were produced within the camera (in-camera effects), such as simple jump-cuts or superimpositions, or were created by using miniatures, back projection, or matte paintings. Optical effects came slightly later, using film, light, shadow, lenses and/or chemical processes to produce the film effects. Film titles, fades, dissolves, wipes, blow ups, skip frames, bluescreen, compositing, double exposures, and zooms/pans are examples of various optical effects.
Cel animation, scale modeling, claymation, digital compositing, animatronics, use of prosthetic makeup, morphing, and modern computer-generated or computer graphics imagery (CGI) are just some of the more modern techniques that are widely used for creating incredible special or visual effects.
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Santa Claus
1898, in 0 top lists Check -
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Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost
1901, in 0 top lists Check -
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Le voyage dans la lune
1902 — a.k.a. A Trip to the Moon, in 14 top lists Check -
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Dream of a Rarebit Fiend
1906, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Haunted Hotel
1907, in 0 top lists Check -
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Fantasmagorie
1908 — a.k.a. A Fantasy, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Toll of the Sea
1922, in 1 top list Check -
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Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
1924, in 13 top lists Check -
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The Thief of Bagdad
1924, in 14 top lists Check -
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The Lost World
1925, in 6 top lists Check -
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King Kong
1933, in 26 top lists Check -
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1937, in 25 top lists Check -
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The Wizard of Oz
1939, in 38 top lists Check -
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Fantasia
1940, in 20 top lists Check -
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The Thief of Bagdad
1940, in 13 top lists Check -
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Münchhausen
1943 — a.k.a. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, in 1 top list Check -
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A Matter of Life and Death
1946, in 22 top lists Check -
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Mighty Joe Young
1949, in 0 top lists Check -
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Darby O'Gill and the Little People
1959, in 0 top lists Check -
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Jason and the Argonauts
1963, in 6 top lists Check -
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Mary Poppins
1964, in 15 top lists Check -
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Closed Mondays
1974, in 1 top list Check -
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Star Wars
1977, in 40 top lists Check -
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Dragonslayer
1981, in 1 top list Check -
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Rock & Rule
1983 — a.k.a. Ring of Power, in 0 top lists Check -
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Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
1983, in 18 top lists Check -
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Labyrinth
1986, in 4 top lists Check -
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Beauty and the Beast
1991, in 19 top lists Check
Last updated on May 23, 2013; source