“To know about the movie [jack the giant Slayer], wow. It's an adventure, there are so many special effects flying around. It's going to be really fun, definitely. I think there's something there for the whole family. There is something you can really enjoy, and I think it's going to be a really fun, family film. I'm really excited.” ThinkingKnowsWholeFilmFunEnjoySpecialEffectsAdventureExcitedFlyingGiantsWowWhole FamilySpecial EffectsSlayerFun Family Author:Eleanor Tomlinson
“It's hard work. It's really hard work, but it's really interesting. We have this camera, I think it's called a SimulCam, and when you play it back, you can see the giant in the scene you just shot. It's incredible. You're reacting to a tennis ball that's way up there, then when you watch it, it's this huge giant's face on it. Wow. That's cool. I just can't wait to see it when it's all edited together and the special effects are all crystal clear. It's going to be, hopefully, amazing.” ThinkingWayHardPlayTogetherFacesWaitingInterestingWatchesClearSpecialEffectsHard WorkHugeSceneShotsBallsCamerasIncrediblesHopefullyGiantsTennisWorking ItWowCrystalsReally InterestingReactingSpecial EffectsEditedTennis Balls Author:Eleanor Tomlinson
“The intimate conversations have its moments, because you have to sell the characters, because there is so much going on. It's so easy to get lost in the special effects and forget about the performances. The dialogue scenes have been great. It's been great working with Bryan and the writers to find where we're going and what's the story. Yeah, it's been really, really interesting.” Has BeensMomentsCharacterStoriesLostEasyForgetInterestingSpecialEffectsSceneConversationPerformancesYeahSellsDialogueIntimateGreat WorkReally InterestingEasy To GetSpecial EffectsBryanIntimate Conversation Author:Eleanor Tomlinson
“But in the former, those movie sets that you've been on like that, even if they're huge movies and most of its being spent in special effects afterwards, I think that's the way that we're going.” IfsThinkingWaySpecialEffectsHugeFormerSpecial EffectsMovie Sets Author:Eric Fellner
“Particularly in the final season [of Fringe], when we were shooting seven-day episodes with a reduced budget and big special effects, the team was so polished, by then, that we were able to do it and, I think, with incredible results.” ThinkingBigsAbleResultsTeamSpecialEffectsSeasonsSevenFinalsIncrediblesShootingBudgetsEpisodesFringePolishedSpecial EffectsSeven Days Author:John Noble
“You know, our fundamentalist friends dislike the teaching of evolution in schools because of the effect they feel it has on our view of our own special importance, while liberals insist that scientific and spiritual matters can be kept in separate compartments. On this point, I tend to agree with the fundamentalists, though I come to opposite conclusions about teaching evolution because I am convinced it's true.” KnowsFeelsMatterSchoolSpiritualViewsTeachingSpecialEffectsEvolutionOppositesImportanceAgreeConvincedConclusionDislikeFundamentalist Book:Facing Up Source: Facing Up
“When I was in architecture school, rather than giving us drafting boards and t-squares and lead pencils and stuff they gave us all the same tools that places like Digital Domain and ILM used to make features films or special effects. They gave us all these digital tools like Alias and Mya and Soft Image and all these kind of high-end computers, so I came out of architecture school knowing how to use all that stuff. And I started making short films at night.” GivingKindEndsUseSchoolFilmUsedNightStuffKnowingSpecialEffectsComputerToolsArchitectureFeaturesBoardsDigitalSquaresPencilsDomainSpecial EffectsShort FilmsDraftingAliasesArchitecture SchoolDigital Tools Author:Joseph Kosinski
“I work a lot with a green screen, which is really time consuming. All the special effects are.” SpecialEffectsGreenScreensConsumingSpecial EffectsTime Consuming Author:Meaghan Rath
“There is something really so iconic about the original Predator, and it is exciting. It's not just special effects. It's not like you bring a puppet in, these are characters and so we were involved in developing the look and the attitude of all the characters.” LooksCharacterAttitudeSpecialEffectsLike YouInvolvedExcitingOriginalsDevelopingPuppetsPredatorIconicSpecial Effects Author:Gregory Nicotero
“Take away the robots and the special effects, and Star Wars is just the simple story of a group of friends planning a terrorist attack.” WarStoriesStarsSimpleGroupsSpecialEffectsTerroristPlanningRobotsTerrorist AttacksSpecial EffectsGroup Of Friends Author:Dana Gould
“Our camera does not produce pretty pictures, but exact duplications that, through our renunciation of photographic effects, turn out to be relatively objective. The photo can optically replace its object to a certain degree. This takes on special meaning if the object cannot be preserved.” IfsDoeCertainTurnsSpecialEffectsObjectsProduceDegreesCamerasObjectivesRenunciationDuplicationPretty Picture Author:Bernd Becher
“My playing is fairly straightforward, really, and everything's pretty much standard no frills or special effects.” SpecialEffectsStandardsStraightforwardSpecial EffectsFrills Author:Mark Knopfler
“I had a real comfort with being on a set and in particular working with special effects and because of that background, it became much easier for me to base a first time feature film on a low budget cause I was sort of already knew how to do that.” FirstsRealFilmCausesSpecialEffectsParticularEasierComfortLowsFirst TimeBackgroundsBudgetsFeaturesSpecial Effects Author:Duncan Jones
“I think we tried to make a film [Moon] that was about human beings as opposed to going from one special effects set piece to the next one, which is what a lot of science fiction films these days do.” ThinkingHumansFilmNextHuman BeingsFictionPiecesSpecialEffectsMoonScience FictionThese DaysThe Next OneSpecial Effects Author:Duncan Jones
“My biggest difference with our film and those kinds of science fiction films is that they are going from one special effect set piece to the next, what we were doing was more of a character study. And I think that is the freedom that you get by doing an Indie film. You can only really do that with a lower budget. So I understand where the conflict is between those two priorities.” ThinkingKindTwoCharacterFilmNextDifferencesFictionStudyPiecesSpecialEffectsConflictScience FictionPrioritiesBudgetsSpecial EffectsIndie Films Author:Duncan Jones
“Even with the most stupid video games, kids learn more about learning than they ever did before, because they want to learn codes and moves before other kids figure them out. They're motivated to seek out someone or search the Net for help. A student who makes a video game has to solve mathematical problems to make special effects happen on the screen.” WantHelpingProblemHappensKidsMovingGamesSpecialEffectsStupidFiguresStudentsSolveScreensVideoMathematicalCodeMotivatedSpecial EffectsMathematical Problems Author:Seymour Papert
“Photoshop makes things look beautiful just as you have special effects in movies. It's just a part of life.” LooksBeautifulSpecialEffectsParts Of LifeSpecial EffectsPhotoshop Author:Erin Heatherton
“Looking more deeply at the emergence of ISIS or the chaos that exists in Syria, Yemen and Libya would clearly raise crucial doubts about reliance on military intervention and drone warfare as adequate counterterrorist responses and would call attention to the detrimental effects of US "special relationships" with Israel and Saudi Arabia.” AttentionDoubtSpecialEffectsMilitaryRaisesResponseChaosIsraelCrucialWarfareSyriaAdequateInterventionRelianceIsisArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisEmergenceDronesLibyaDetrimentalYemenSpecial RelationshipMilitary Intervention Author:Richard A. Falk
“It's all about special effects and explosions now. It leaves me just cold when I walk out of the theater. There's no heart; there's no soul. Movies used to be about people. It's as though we don't tell stories any more. The studios have to make money, and if you want to make $20 million, you have to spend $200 million.” PeopleIfsWantHeartSoulStoriesUsedWalksMillionsSpecialEffectsColdTheaterStudiosUsed To BeMaking MoneyLeaving MeExplosionsSpecial Effects Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“When I figured that I could do anything if I was simply methodical about it. I went to the library - and this was before the Internet - and I searched for a career that was creative, would not fall into a routine, involved problem solving and making things. It also had to be dynamic. I came up with special effects.” IfsProblemFallCareersCreativeSpecialEffectsInternetInvolvedLibraryRoutineProblem SolvingSpecial EffectsMethodical Author:Jamie Hyneman
“I think "MythBusters" is a step up from special effects because we not only have to make things look like they work, they actually do have to work. It's more challenging and even transcendental.” ThinkingLooksChallengesStepsSpecialEffectsWorking ItStep UpTranscendentalSpecial EffectsMythbusters Author:Jamie Hyneman
“I don't think you need to watch Arrow and Flash to appreciate what it is Legends has to offer. The beauty of this show - and they do this on Flash, and they did this on Arrow - is that we do spend time on character. We do spend time on backstory. We do take a moment in between the sci-fi special effects to tell you who these people are, so that when something happens to them, you actually care.” PeopleThinkingNeedsMomentsCharacterShowsHappensCareWatchesSpecialEffectsOffersAppreciateThings HappenLegendsSci FiFlashEnd TimesSpend TimeArrowsSpecial Effects Author:Wentworth Miller
“There are a number of times when we have found, there's a number of old-school special effects in here that are fantastic, but there are definitely some times that we went digital and you're not going to tell the difference, I don't think. I think it just serves the storytelling because that's just the era that we live in.” ThinkingSchoolFoundDifferencesNumbersSpecialEffectsStorytellingFantasticErasDigitalOld SchoolSpecial Effects Author:Kimberly Peirce
“Obviously movies like this [Fast and the Furious 7] don't get any love from the Academy. If they do, it may be special effects or sound editing or something like that.” IfsMaySoundSpecialEffectsEditingAcademyFuriousSpecial Effects Author:Bun B
“All the green-screen stuff - all the special effects stuff - I shot right there in my house, in the basement in my theater room.” HouseStuffRoomsSpecialEffectsShotsTheaterGreenScreensBasementsSpecial Effects Author:Vickie Winans
“I went back to Holland and I thought 'Ok, now I made so many movies in Hollywood, I know how special effects work, how to do action for not a lot of money, and I have all of these skills now.' It was something in Holland that nobody dared to touch.” KnowsMadeActionKnow HowSpecialEffectsSkillsHollywoodLots Of MoneyHollandSpecial Effects Author:Roel Reine
“At that point, I thought probably special effects, something like that, and indeed, the early days when I was working with my dad, after I left school, I only went to less than one year of college, and then I was transferring, and then I delayed my transfer, and I did a movie, and then another movie, and then I never finished college.” YearsSchoolLeftSpecialEffectsCollegeDadMy DadFinishedTransfersDelayedSpecial Effects Author:Brian Henson
“But initially when I was working with my dad, it was in special effects puppets with radio control and motors and puppet effects.” SpecialEffectsDadMy DadRadioMotorPuppetsSpecial Effects Author:Brian Henson
“I was there when Sam Raimi showed Stan Lee the first cut of the first Spider-Man movie. I was on a couch next to Stan, watching how special effects had finally caught up to his imagination. It was insane. And I'm thinking, "He had to wait until he was 80 years old for that to happen." When they announced 'Powers' and 'Jessica Jones,' I thought, "Oh, that's nice!"” ThinkingMenYearsFirstsHappensNextWaitingImaginationNiceCuttingSpecialEffectsCaughtInsaneCaught UpSpidersCouchesSpecial EffectsJessicaSpider ManJessica JonesSpider Man Movie Author:Brian Michael Bendis
“A good storyteller can hold everybody captive without the special effects of Hollywood.” SpecialEffectsHollywoodStorytellerCaptivesSpecial Effects Author:Phil Keoghan
“We need to take a step back and realize that what happened in the 1950s, when he started his career, is exactly where we are today. Everything goes in a cycle, and right now, distribution is changing. Audiences might be kind of sick of these giant blockbuster movies with all these special effects where blue people are running around and the hero is some non-human entity. These are all great movies, but I think that there's definitely room for new voices to come out.” PeopleThinkingNeedsHumansKindMightRunningTodayVoiceRealizingRoomsStepsCareersAudienceHappenedSpecialEffectsHeroRight NowSickBlueGiantsCyclesBe KindEntityDistributionSpecial EffectsBlockbuster Author:Alex Stapleton
“One of my first things I was fascinated with when I got on set was how does Grant do all this Flash stuff? it looks so good as the end product, but how does the special effects team work? How does the visual effects team work?” FirstsLooksDoeEndsStuffTeamSpecialEffectsProductsVisualsGrantsFascinatedFlashTeam WorkSpecial EffectsVisual Effects Author:Tom Felton
“We tend to be talking to fabricators in the film and special effects or automotive customisation worlds. That having been said, I'm sure as more and more artists come to use these sorts of media, the expertise amongst conservators is going to keep pace with that.” WorldSaidUseFilmArtistTalkingSpecialEffectsMediaPaceExpertiseSpecial Effects Author:Patricia Piccinini