Tag: SPECIALEFFECTS

Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. Read: A Simpler Page Presently there's a clear rift in iPad editorial design. There are those applications -- iBooks, Kindle, New York Times, Wired, The New Yorker -- that attempt to transpose a type of print design built around physical cues to a screen lacking those same cues. ...

Douglas Trumbull, special effects mastermind, talks about the creation of Los Angeles's post-apocalyptic terrain in 'Blade Runner,' known as the 'Hades Landscape.' Before CGI gave us Pandora and Jar Jar Binks, people like Trumbull employed acid-etched brass miniatures, and launched actual fireballs to compose their breathtaking shots. Check out the interview with Trumbull in this fascinating ...

We're used to seeing atrocious amounts of green-screened scenes in big budget films. In flicks like 'Star Wars: The Phantom Menace' and 'Sin City,' there probably isn't a single thing, other than the actors, that wasn't added in post production. What we were truly amazed to find out, though, is the number of TV shows that use green-screen trickery to flesh out outdoor environments. A Tumblr ...

If you've ever marveled at the campy splendor of awful special effects, the folks over at Den of Geek have compiled a list guaranteed to make your day. The films (and we use that term loosely) that yield their 'Top 24 worst special effects of all time' run the gamut from obscure 70s flicks to sci-fi favorites; no director -- not even George Lucas -- is safe from the lambaste; Lucas's original ...