Bluescreens are commonly used in special effects.
The illusions used in the film, T.V, theater industries to simulate events that are not real in a story are called special effects
Special effects are divided in 2 categories: optical effects and mechanical effects. With the emergence of digital film-making tools a greater distinction between special effects and visual effects has been recognized.
Optical effects are also called photographic effects. Optical effects are techniques in which images or film frames are created photographically, using multiple exposure or using an optical printer.
An optical effect are used to put actors or places in different backgrounds.
Mechanical effects are usually accomplished during the live-action shooting. Mechanical effects are often incorporated into set design and makeup.
Since the 1990s, computer generated imagery (CGI) has come to the forefront of special effects technologies.
jueves, 27 de mayo de 2010
FORREST...FORREST GUMP
This movie was directed by Robert Zemeckis. This is a comedy drama movie which includes a lot of good visual effects.This film garnered a lot of awards and nominations.
The blue screen was used several times in the movie Forrest Gump.
The movie producers filmed Tom Hanks in front of a blue screen, pretending he was next to the President J.F.K. they used computer effect to insert Hanks into an old film where President Kennedy was. For the mouth movement were hired voice doubles, and some visual effects were add too, to make possible the dialogue.
He is also on the Dick Cavett show with John Lennon; it was so amazing to make this possible. In this scene Forrest Gump was insert in the film instead of Yoko Ono, this scene was taken from the Dick Cavett show in 1971. But what you don’t know is that Dick Cavett played himself for the filming, so he used a lot of make up to look as young as he was at the 70`s.
They also let us see Lieutenant Dan without his legs in several times; they also used the blue screen with that but it was harder, because Lieutenant Dan did a lot of things and he moved everywhere and it was harder for them. But finally they did it.
This great Visual Effects were possible because of Ken Ralston and his team at Industrial Light & Magic work. This visual effects depended a lot in the actor and in the ones who controlled the visual effects, because the needed a lot of concentration to connect the blue screen and the actor, because it had to be perfect. They did a really great work and they made one of the best movies with visual effect that anyone have ever done.
The blue screen was used several times in the movie Forrest Gump.
The movie producers filmed Tom Hanks in front of a blue screen, pretending he was next to the President J.F.K. they used computer effect to insert Hanks into an old film where President Kennedy was. For the mouth movement were hired voice doubles, and some visual effects were add too, to make possible the dialogue.
He is also on the Dick Cavett show with John Lennon; it was so amazing to make this possible. In this scene Forrest Gump was insert in the film instead of Yoko Ono, this scene was taken from the Dick Cavett show in 1971. But what you don’t know is that Dick Cavett played himself for the filming, so he used a lot of make up to look as young as he was at the 70`s.
They also let us see Lieutenant Dan without his legs in several times; they also used the blue screen with that but it was harder, because Lieutenant Dan did a lot of things and he moved everywhere and it was harder for them. But finally they did it.
This great Visual Effects were possible because of Ken Ralston and his team at Industrial Light & Magic work. This visual effects depended a lot in the actor and in the ones who controlled the visual effects, because the needed a lot of concentration to connect the blue screen and the actor, because it had to be perfect. They did a really great work and they made one of the best movies with visual effect that anyone have ever done.
jueves, 13 de mayo de 2010
TRANSFORMERS
Hey guys,this week I´m going to talk about Transformers. Transformers is a movie directed by Michael Bay and written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman.
This movie involved action, comedy, and sci-fi. The main actors are Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox.
Sam Witwicky granson of Artchabalt Witwicky first discovered Megatron in the Artic Circle. Megatron has been lost for a long long time.The good guys are the Autobots such as Prime, Bumblebee, ratchet..prime is the leader of the good guys.
The deceptegons are the bad guys.Sam wanted a car, his first car turned out to be a robot. The deceptegons are after the "Cube". They want it so that they can use its energy to create an army of "bad" guys.
The "autobots" are basically trying to keep the deceptegons from getting their hands on it.It turns out a secret gov. branch called Sector 7 has Megatron frozen and they also have the cube. Megatron is the leader of the deceptegons.
Then the deceptegons unfreeze megatron after they find out where the cube is.The story after that is Sam and other soldiers [the gov] trying to keep the Cube from getting into the deceptegons hands.
There’s like a huge fight between the deceptegons and the autobots.At the end, Sam pushes the Cube into megatrons chest and he "dies".
After this you could see how autobots and people can have a good relationship (:
This movie involved action, comedy, and sci-fi. The main actors are Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox.
Sam Witwicky granson of Artchabalt Witwicky first discovered Megatron in the Artic Circle. Megatron has been lost for a long long time.The good guys are the Autobots such as Prime, Bumblebee, ratchet..prime is the leader of the good guys.
The deceptegons are the bad guys.Sam wanted a car, his first car turned out to be a robot. The deceptegons are after the "Cube". They want it so that they can use its energy to create an army of "bad" guys.
The "autobots" are basically trying to keep the deceptegons from getting their hands on it.It turns out a secret gov. branch called Sector 7 has Megatron frozen and they also have the cube. Megatron is the leader of the deceptegons.
Then the deceptegons unfreeze megatron after they find out where the cube is.The story after that is Sam and other soldiers [the gov] trying to keep the Cube from getting into the deceptegons hands.
There’s like a huge fight between the deceptegons and the autobots.At the end, Sam pushes the Cube into megatrons chest and he "dies".
After this you could see how autobots and people can have a good relationship (:
jueves, 6 de mayo de 2010
2OTH CENTURY! FOX
20th Century Fox, is one of the six major American film studios, Twentieth Century Pictures was an independent Hollywood motion picture production company created in 1933 by Joseph Schenck, the former president of United Artists, Darryl F. Zanuck from Warner Brothers, William Goetz from Fox Films, and Raymond Griffith.
First the 20th Century Fox produced classic films like Les Misérables, from Victor Hugo`s novel, which was also nominated for Best Picture and later was made a classic.
FOX right now is one of the most important Film companies in the world. It has produced a lot of movies, it had made a lot of classics.
Here are some movies made through the years by FOX:
1930
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1940
Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley
1950
The Diary of Anna Frank
The Diary of Anna Frank
1960
Cleopatra
Cleopatra
1970
Alien
Alien
1980
Wall Street
Wall Street
1990
Romeo+Juliet
Romeo+Juliet
2000
X-Men
X-Men
2010
Pierce Jackson and The Olympians: The lightning Thief
Pierce Jackson and The Olympians: The lightning Thief
The Butterfly Effect...
The Butterfly Effect is a 20o4 American psychological thriller film directed and written by Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber.
Evan Treborn (Ashton Kutcher), who suffered severe traumas as a boy and a teenager ,blacks out frequently, often at moments of high stress. While in his dorm room reading one of his journals to a girl, he finds that when he reads from his adolescent journals, he travels back in time, and is able to go back to parts of his past. There are consequences to his choices, however, that he then propagates back to the present: his alternate futures vary from frat boy to prisoner to amputee. His efforts are driven by the desire to undo the most traumatic events of his childhood which coincide with his blackouts, including saving the love of his life Kayleigh (Amy Smart), from being molested by her father and tormented by her crazy brother (William Lee Scott).
The actions he takes, and those he enables others to take during his blackouts, change the timeline in the new future wherein he awakes. As he continues to do this, he realizes that even though his intentions are good, the actions he takes have bad consequences. This causes him brain damage. Ultimately he decides that his attempts to alter the past end up only harming those he cares about. He travels back in time once more to the first day he met Kayleigh and scares her away. He succeeds in undoing his childhood as he knew it, and then destroys all his journals so that he's not tempted to bring any of it back.
The film end is the less expected and for me is very sad. The butterfly effect is one of my favorites movies, and Ashton Kutcher is my favorite actor and I think he did a really great job. So I recommend you this movie.
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