Stop Motion Pioneer Ray Harryhausen explains
Stop Motion animation was one of the most realistic forms of special effects used in motion picture during a large part of the last century. …
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The Sinking of the Lusitania
Watch this amazing life-like animation of the Sinking of the Lusitania by Winsor McCay way back in 1918. It took McCay 25,000 individual drawings to …
How It’s Made – Special Effects Make-up
See how make-up effects are done for movies in this extremely informative video.
How Benjamin Button got his face
Ed Ulbrich, the digital-effects guru from Digital Domain, explains the Oscar-winning technology that allowed his team to digitally create younger and older versions of Brad …
Digital Domain – Company Showreel
Digital Domain is one of the foremost visual effects companies creating outstanding effects shots for many of the popular special effects blockbusters made by Hollywood.
What is possible with today’s 3D Animation Software
3D Animaion software like Maya and 3DS Max from Autodesk are used extensively for creating special effects for movies, ads and games. Maya was originally …
Persistence of Vision – The cornerstone of all visual media
All visual media like movies, TV, electronic displays and laser light shows rely on a phenomenon known as Persistence of Vision. Our eyes can retain …
From bluescreen to greenscreen
Explore the history of Chroma Key. Everything from bluescreen to greenscreen!
Little Nemo
Winsor McCay came up with his own cartoon creation “Little Nemo” in 1911, 5 years after Stuart Blackton’s “Humorous Phases of Funny Faces”.
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
Stuart Blackton’s “Humorous Phases of Funny Faces” in 1906 was one of the earliest films to use drawings rather than live actors. These are the …
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