Questions tagged [effects]
Artificial visual or mechanical effects introduced into a movie or television show.
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Air effect in scenes and dances
I am new to filming effects. I was wondering how they create air effect, for example: many actors have their hair flying in scenes and in dances. Do they use fans in front of them or are there any ...
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How was the antimatter effect achieved?
In Angels & Demons, there are small canisters holding antimatter. It appears very realistic, including when it's shown in closeup at some point:
How was this effect achieved? Doesn't look like ...
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How do they cost effectively film the scenes where James Franco plays 2 roles?
In The Deuce James Franco plays both Vincent and Frank Martino. Sometimes this requires both brothers to be in the same scene. Usually in these cases only one of the brothers is actually in the shot, ...
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How do they shoot long underwater scenes (especially the even longer stylistic ones)?
How do they shoot the music videos where people are singing inside water? What confuses me if that is plain special effects is their clothes, they behave exactly how clothes behave in water.
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Why blue background are used for special effects and What is difference between the blue and the green backgrounds? [duplicate]
In many movies and TV series blue background is being used for giving special effects or for some kind of animations. So what makes blue color so special? Which is better, blue or green backgrounds?
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How do they get blowing steam (like a steam vent) in a movie?
When someone shoots a pipe, often there'll be steam coming out of it. I'm sure they could do it with CGI, but was this ever done with practical effects as well?
If so, how?
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How do movies make small places fog up
When somebody is burned and gets put out, you will usually see smoke in small places where you can't get a fog machine in. Or in a Airplane! With the smoking ticket, how do they do that effect?
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How is arterial blood spray filmed? [duplicate]
In Dead 7, Carrie and other movies, there have been some scenes where an artery has been severed and an open wound is visible causing an artierial spray coming from inside the wound.
I am sure this ...
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Is there any information on who did the RPOP prop/effect for Space Cowboys?
Midway through the movie Space Cowboys (2000), while they're rendezvousing with a satellite, the computer prop / program effects in the following screenshot show up.
This is a surprisingly accurate ...
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What is the first movie with a one-bit color depth?
I have just seen a movie, Renaissance (2006), with a one-bit color depth. Also, I couldn't find another movie with one-bit color depth.
What is the first movie that has one-bit color depth throughout ...
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How did Charlie Chaplin accomplish the gear stunts in Modern Times?
How was the famous scene in which Chaplin goes into the machine accomplished? Did they actually build gears for Chaplin to rotate around?
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How is this powerful vomit effect scene achieved?
At the beginning of the movie Hubie Halloween (2020), the character "Hubie", played by Adam Sandler, has an extremely powerful throw up. How is this effect achieved?
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Is the visible mannequin in the opening car bomb scene in Casino (1995) intentional, and if so why?
In the opening scene of Casino (1995), Sam Rothstein gets into his car and is blown up. In the moment of the detonation, you can clearly see that DeNiro has been replaced with a dummy. (When the scene ...
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Was aged Ryan a CGI or it was different actor? [closed]
In the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan, when an old Ryan is at the cemetery, was this Matt Damon with makeup, CGI etc, or was it some other actor altogether?
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How did they film the special forces helicopter crashes?
in White House Down, We see in the following youtube clip:
That when special forces went to attack the White House, the captives fire a javelin missile at the ...
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Animals died during the film shooting?
Is it true, that a lot of animals died during the shooting of Gilliam's "Adventures of Baron Munchausen"?
Quote from IMDB's trivia:
A lot of the animals for the film died and had to be replaced.
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Psycho (1960) Sandwich Scene [closed]
When most people think of Psycho they think of the shower scene. Admittedly it is one of the all scariest scenes in the history of movies. Today I recently re-watched Psycho and I'm convinced there is ...
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What techniques were used to film Ariadne entering the dream world for the first time
I am having trouble finding techniques that Nolan had used in the filming of this scene.
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Were Tina Fey and John Cena "digitally enhanced" in Sisters (2015)?
In Sisters (2015) there are some scenes where both Cena and Fey appear to be ... bigger than usual; Particularly in this image:
Tina appears to have a bigger chest than on the rest of the movie or ...
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Machine Gun Use in Rambo IV
Rambo IV (2008) (titled Rambo in the US) has a scene towards the end of the film in which Rambo uses a powerful 0.50 caliber machine gun (it is the turret of a car).
My question is: How do the ...
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4 scenes from Total Recall: original vs. remake
I would like to know if the 2012 Total Recall remake captures some of the most significant and memorable scenes and effects from the 1990 original. The particular ones I'm interested in are:
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How did they get the entrapped testicles shot in Something About Mary?
In the 1998 comedy "There's Something About Mary" there is a scene in which the prom date gets his testicles entrapped in his zipper and this mess is briefly shown as an inserted still frame. How did ...
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