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Special Effects—Titanic and Beyond
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Program Overview
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NOVA reveals the secrets behind the on-screen images that have
captured moviegoers' imaginations for years.
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The art of special effects relies on understanding
perception—how the eye and brain perceive the
world—and using that knowledge to make something look real
when it isn't.
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Special effects used in early movie making, including "King
Kong," "Ben Hur" and "Gone with the Wind," are highlighted.
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The role that color, light, form, motion and depth play in
perception—and how those can be manipulated to fool
viewers—is explored.
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Some of the techniques used to film "Titanic"—including
model making, computer animation and green screen
technology—are described.
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Pyrotechnics experts—who blow up a building for "The
X-Files" movie—use models, lighting and slow motion to
achieve a realistic scene.
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The future challenge for computer special effects
artists—how to make a computer-generated human being look
completely real—is also explored.
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