Today, more than forty years later, the special effects for a film are still in an evolutionary stage, and the Star Wars one was the first films to use the 3 dimensional Computer Generated Images technique in a feature film. Today, visual and special effects are even more popular than they were a few years back, and when Luxo, which was the first computer generated film to be nominated for an Oscar, was created, with the subject of the film being a desk lamp, which would talk and walk, it was indeed a landmark for the film world in the development of technique.
The 'Toy Story' was produced in 1995, and this film used both computer generated images as well as hand drwan ones throughout the movie. In 'Lord of the Rings', the character of Gollum was a computer generated one, and when this image was used in conjunction with real humans, the audience would be fooled into thinking that the computer generated image, which was capable of great adventure, was in fact a real person. The technique used was this: a real human character would be filmed in all the scenes, then the image of the created character would be inserted into the movie, and modeled after the human being. These actions would be painted into the scenes, and the human actor would subsequently be completely erased.
In Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow of the year 2004 were produced, the technique used was that of using completely computer generated images, with an exception of live human characters. In other words, the characters were filmed in front of a green screen, with no props or sets or backgrounds, and all their actions were placed into the scenes through computer generated images. It must be stated that the usage of special effects and of computer animation in movies has indeed successfully taken the film industry to a highly unexpected and unprecedented level never seen before. All this is making the movies of today not only more entertaining, but is also serving to expand the capabilities of the film makers of today.
It must be noted that as soon as the first motion pictures were invented, the need and the quest to produce movies in realistic colors began in earnest, and a large number of different methods were attempted to make a full color movie, and one of the first successful attempts was made in the year 1934, when the three strip full Technicolor was introduced. 'Becky Sharp' was made in 1935; with the collaboration of Pioneer Pictures with Technicolor Corporation, and this was a three color film. The main purpose of making the film was to demonstrate to film makers the fact that it was possible to make a full Technicolor film. Before this point of time, however, hand painting of individual frames was the technique widely used, and this meant that not only would the frames have to be painted, but the film stock would have to be tinted as well, and then the black and white emulsion would also have to be tones so as to use them in the film. Although the results were striking, they were not in the least realistic, and when in 1906, Kinemacolor was invented, which was a two color process that could be used for films; it was a very useful invention which would mean that now movies could be made in color.
The history of the Technicolor Corporation is probably one of the most fascinating in the history of cinema, from when it was founded in 1915, to the modern times. The need for the corporation arose when film makers wanted a 'flicker free' movie system. One of the first techniques used by the Corporation was the two color technique, similar to the Kinemacolor mentioned earlier. In the year 1922, Kalmus and...
Humanity seems to unravel altogether in Pi: Faith in Chaos, both written and direct by Darren Aronofsky. Max is a brilliant but socially crippled young mathematician who has built a supercomputer and possibly unlocked the mathematical secrets of the universe, explaining everything from the stock market to God. The mathematical precision with which the world would operate if this is true casts a great deal of doubt on the existence
Roberto Rossellini's movie Paisan and its significance and importance, combining and analysis of its visual/literary/conceptual dimensions with post-war Italian culture and history (1946) Roberto Rossellini's movie Paisan and its significance Following the Second World War, extremely harsh period encompassed the economic and social development of many nations. Italy in this period was no exception as leading forces continued to challenge the development of the country. The post war period saw varied challenges
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Take Minority Report, for instance. In the film, technology is trumpeted as a savior: With the ability to foretell crime, police officers are able to save innocent people from dying. However, the obvious challenges to our constitutional law system are not only latent, they are openly discussed and debated in the work. The courts and legislature, for instance, have yet to decide on the viability of declaring "perpetrators" guilty simply
1 THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN FILM: HIS GIRL FRIDAY, SEMI-TOUGH & FLIRTING WITH DISASTER The history of women in the cinema can be traced back to the early days of film production, beginning ca. 1896 with films by director Alice Guy Blache, such as "The Cabbage Fairy" and "The Bewitched Fianc?." With the advent and popularity of the so-called "silent era" of film production, women began to be
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