電影特效現場追擊Go behind the scenes and see how things are really done Find out how visual effects in movies are done by Simon Stopps
SC: What does a visual effects supervisor do?
JH: I work with a team of visual effects artists to create things that aren’t real for the movie or television screen. We use a combination of artistic techniques, from the classic skills of drawing and painting to modern techniques of computer animation and 3D.
SC: What is a favorite visual effect scene that you personally worked on? How did it work?
JH: My favorite scene would have to be from my most recent project, the movie 2012. It features the White House getting wiped out by a giant wave and crushed by an aircraft carrier. The first thing we did was to work with the director to creatively meet his vision so we knew what he was expecting to see.
We had to establish a general timing and composition of the shot. Where should the camera be? How big should the White House be? How quickly should the wave approach? We also tried to establish the mood. Is it really dark and gloomy, or should it feel lighter and less foreboding?
SC: How important are visual effects to movies today? How important is it that effects look real or believable?
JH: Visual effects have made their way into nearly every feature film you see in theaters. A lot of people think visual effects are only used in the mega blockbusters with robots and explosions. But one great adage or saying of the business is that the best visual effect is the one you can't see. If you can't tell that something is a visual effect, then we've done our job well. Even movies without very obvious effects are still loaded with effects.
This could mean changing the color of the sky to a more beautiful color or making an actress look 10 years younger or 10 pounds skinnier.
SC: What do you think are the best visual effects scenes of all time?
JH: People say this industry was born with Star Wars. But besides that I would say scenes in the first Jurassic Park film. The scene where T-Rex attacks the jeep is so frighteningly real; it looks real even 20 years later. It looked so convincing that as a kid, the only thing you could think of was "Wow, that's a scary dinosaur."
More Information
There is actually a big difference between special effects and visual effects. Special effects are done live on stage when filming a scene. They could be anything from explosions to glass breaking Visual effects, however, are done after a scene is filmed, mainly through computer graphics visual effects could also mean filming different elements of explosions and fire separately and then putting them back together later.
Grammar
What do you think are the best visual effects scenes of all time?
of all time=from the very beginning when something started until now.
of all the visual effects scenes that have ever been created, what do you think are the best ones?
"of all time" when you try to say something is the best or the worst in that category.
*Casablanca is the best romantic movie of all time.
*Who is the most influential person of all time?
Vocabulary
visual effect-视觉效果 visual- 视觉的effect-效果
*Special visual effects made the images of the movie very colorful.电影画面
sound effect-音效
*Many sound effects are created with simple tools.
wipe out (v. idiom)- 彻底的摧毁，毁灭，铲除wipe-抹去，擦干净。
*The military base was totally wiped out by continual bombing.
*The police announced that they had successfully wiped out mob power in the city.黑势力
composition-构成，构图，成份 compose-构成，组成
*The lab technicians are examining the composition of the unknown substance.物质
*The composition of the painting is well-balanced.
composition of the shot- make sure that everything in the right place when taking a shot.
animation-动画，动画片。
explosion-爆炸，爆破
*The exposion of the chemical plant left many casualties and severe damage.
*The explosion scene in the movie was carefully calculated by professionals.
load-装满，使摆满，很有钱
loaded with something-充满了某种事物。
*This book is loaded with professional terms that are so hard to read and understand.
*He's loaded. Let him pay if he wants to! 他很有钱
convincing-令人说服的，令人信服的，或具有说服力的 convince(v)-说服
*The evidence the police collected at the crime scene is very convincing.
Chat Room
behind the scenes-在幕后的，原本指在剧场上的幕后人员。
working behind the scenes-在后台的工作人员。
behind-the-scenes-指不公开的，秘密的，暗地里进行的。
behind-the-scenes negotiations-秘密的，不公开进行的协议。
make a scene-在公共场所引起大众注意，当场大吵大闹，惹人注意。
Don't make a scene-不要丢人现眼
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theater-戏院，电影院
“the” theater-戏剧院，歌舞剧，歌剧院refer to life performance
cinema-movie theater
I'm going to the theater-去歌剧院（看歌剧到剧院必须穿着很正式）
I'm going to theater-去电影院
movie ticket-电影票
the theater ticket-歌剧票，戏剧票
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