Special Effects
...oma Blue is used for this purpose. (Human skin does not contain this shade of blue). The blue area is later erased from the frame making the area transparent. The background detail can now show through this blank. Computer animation is when the animation director, who is in charge of most of the creative work comes up with the idea, designs the scene, and like a film director, "directs" the action, and the expressions and appearance of the characters. A storyboard artist breaks the script down into a comic-strip sequence so that the animator can follow each "shot," like a rough map of the action. Animators then draw the characters, or other moving objects, and assistant animators clean up the drawings and do minor work. Composting is when one shot is super-imposed on another, resulting in a composite shot. A common example is our everyday weather forecast on TV. The weather map is a separate computer generated shot onto which the announcer is super-imposed, making it look as if he/she is standing in front of a giant TV screen flashing different weather images. Humanized effects consist of latex, the use of rain, wind, snow, and fire, blood bags and bullet hits and the use of explosions. The use of latex has revolutionized the world of creating "real" monsters out of humans. Not only can we get monsters out of latex, but also we can add scars to faces, add extra eyes to a monster, make young people old and vice versa. . The uses of latex are innumerable; you can create aliens, or even put latex covering robotics to make them just like dinosaurs. One of the best things about latex is that with it you can custom design any kind of mask, defect on the body, and face defects. Many movies have settings where it is raining; do you think they wait till the day when it rains to record? What if they are filming in a city like El Paso, Texas, where is like a holiday, it only comes once a year. Special Effects come into effect. The production crews sets up long plastic tubes with tiny holes in the bottom, attached to a water hose in the top of the setting. What do you get out of this? RAIN! With Special Effects you can make rain possible in any setting even in cities where it only rains once a year. Christmas movies are the most popular at having snow in their settings, but what if it is not snowing on the day of the shoot and the day will be ruined if you do not have snow on the set. What do you do? Get a snow machine to make it for you, if the snow cannot come to you; make it come to you with this device. Shooting a part of the movie where it involves high winds? Moviemakers use the same technique as the one for the snow; they get hold of large fans and turn them on at high speeds, or the desired wind, and let them take their tolls on the setting. Movies that contain big fire scenes do not actually go out into the set and actually turn out massive fires. Independent companies are called to create job, and they do so with machines that very easily turn on a massive fire scene, but can also be turned off in a matter of pressing a button. These machines can be really dangerous without supervised use, but with normal use they can be extremely safe. Have you always wondered what exactly in the fight scene when some gets shot cut whatever and begins to bleed? Well, a squib, which is a small explosive charge triggered by a 9V battery is taped to the plate and a blood pack placed over the charge and secured in place with gaffer tape. Blood packs can be anything that can be filled and sealed. Placing the blood pack over the charge reduces the flash given off by the squib detonating. The rigged plate is taped or strapped to the actor and concealed under clothing. White clothes show the effect off best and should be pre-scored with a knife to weaken the fabric. Ideally the squib should blow through the shirt and it helps here if the shirt is tucked in. Before firing everyone stays well clear of the charges, the actor avoids looking down at his chest, and the camera is at a safe distance away. A simple countdown helps the actor be aware of when to expect the hit. An explosion can be triggered by Pyrotechnic machines that can either put out a beautiful fireworks show, lightning for a grand opening of a store, explosions in movies, and mainly anything else that involves fire and colorful lights. These machines are relatively safe to handle, they can set off an "explosion" and in a matter of minutes be put out with the touch of a button. Some explosions like the ones that occur in the movies that blow up buildings are also related to the pyrotechnic machines. With so many different uses and techniqu...