Special effects have always been a major part of cinema history, and the very first instance of their use came in 1895, in a film produced by inventor of the light bulb, Thomas Edison. These days ...

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Reprinted by permission of "The Big Frame." Distributed by Imax Corporation, Special Effects reveals the method behind the magic of the movies, and features state-of-the art effects created ...

To bring strange new worlds and civilizations to life, "Star Trek" leans heavily into visual effects, many of them cutting ...

Practical effects often get overshadowed by CGI, which can do the seemingly impossible. One school, however, thinks that special effects are here to stay and is helping teach the craft to the next ...

How knowledgeable is your special effects expertise? Try answering these questions. Each involves a scene shown in the IMAX film Special Effects, produced by NOVA/WGBH Boston. 1. What special ...

It was only used as a guide for the actors and animators – but it helped massively,” explains visual effects supervisor ... thanks to a special method of facial capture that used 16 cameras ...

Tired of movies where there’s more explosions and special effects than story? Canadian special effects artist, animator, and director Steven Williams can sympathise. Even though he and his ...

To find out how they do it, we went to Brett Schmidt and Greg Pikulski, the special effects makeup artists at SPFX Studio. They've created graphic injuries for mob dramas like "The Irishman ...

But Capra wanted to record the dialogue live - and the solution he concocted with his head of special effects, Russell Sherman, would go on to win a Technical Award from the Motion Picture Academy ...

A Hartlepool company is celebrating after its 3D special effects were used at one of London’s most iconic theatres for a six-week long pantomime production.

After spending 40 years in the movie industry, most of them creating special effects for the “Star Wars” series of blockbusters, Peter Daulton retired and turned his lens on an old-fashioned ...