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Special effects take a low profile, with naturalistic cinema verité films in the ascendancy, until several special effects hits herald the start of the blockbuster era. 1974 Disaster is the order of the decade, beginning with "Earthquake" and "The Towering Inferno" in 1974. More mayhem follows with "The Hindenburg" (1975) and "The Poseidon Adventure" (1972). 1977 "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" features a spectacular UFO mothership aglow with thousands of lights overseen by visual effects supervisor Doug Trumbull; the 400-pound fiberglass model, four feet high by five feet wide, is meticulously wired with neon tubes, incandescent bulbs, and fiber optics. Additional lighting is added through projection. 1977
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Star destroyer from "Star Wars"
1977 - the Millenium Falcon, from "Star Wars"
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