The Historical Records of Visual Special Effects in the Hundred Years' Films

For the first time in history, the Mie brothers brought moving image technology and projectors into people's sight. The first film was released in Paris, France.

1895

The first special effect in film history appeared when Queen Mary was executed. The first soft shot of the heroine in the play was completed in an alternative way.

1898

George miller is regarded as the first screen artist. He uses various photographic techniques to shoot short films. Including the time of disappearance, the photography technique of pause, and the lighting arrangement of skillful recording.

1902

Miller made the first real sci-fi movie (only a few minutes before), and a trip to the moon lasted 14 minutes.

1903

For the first time, "great train robbery" used practical picture synthesis technology to make the two pictures of the speeding train and the galloping horse complement each other.

1906

Edwin Porter made the first action film that used pause technology completely. The teddy bear that took more than a minute to portray in the film became the most popular toy in the toy store at that time.

1907

Norman Dawn used the glass scene method for the first time in his "California Mission", which is a photographic method that combines some scenes painted on transparent glass with real scenes or scenery to form a picture.

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The moving mask technology is introduced to synthesize one moving image with another image to strengthen the omission of the synthesized image and create a more shocking picture.

1925

Cartoon director Wills O'Brien created 49 animated dinosaur images in The Lost World.

1927

The film has the effect of a megacity, and a new technology enables actors to shoot in miniature landscapes.

1933

"King Kong" was released, and the animation technical scene in it took 55 weeks to complete.

1939

The first Oscar for special effects was awarded to the rainy season because of the wonderful flood special effects in the film. Defeated the powerful enemy of the year, the Wizard of Oz.

1942

Eastman Kodak Company contacted the Linwood Special Effects Department of RKO Company because of the demand for optical mirrors for military operations. Dunn, the producer, created Dunn's visual optical lens, which was used by film companies for special effects shooting after the war, and was not replaced until the appearance of digital optical lens in the 1990s.

1956

It is estimated that Cecil Demirel's remake of the Red Sea scene in The Ten Commandments cost the production company two million dollars, making it the most expensive special effect in the history at that time.

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Ivan sutherland invented the Geometer's Sketchpad, which was the first computer drawing program. George lucas, who was only 17 years old at that time, was optimistic about the potential of this new technology, and his Christmas gift list included this computer program.

1968

The appearance of A Space Odyssey set a new reference standard for special effects at that time, and the early animation control was also formed in this film.

1973

Future World was the first movie to use computer graphics, although the technology at that time was limited to 2D.

1977

John Dykstra used electronic animation control in Star Wars, which showed us a cosmic war scene that we had never seen before. He also used 3D imaging technology for the first time in movies.

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The release of Peeper made us see the digital special effects of Shadow for the first time, the first "digital imager".

1982

Shadow digital technology has been widely used in Star Trek Nemesis II and Battle of Electronic World.

1985

Computer programmers first appeared in young sherlock holmes. Although this shot only took 30 seconds, it took the production company six months to complete it.

1988

The encounter of the storm realized the application of computer image variation technology in movies for the first time.

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Terminator II not only marks a milestone in digital molding technology, but also is one of the first films in which all special effects are completed by digital technology.

1993

The first creatures created by CG technology were dinosaurs in Jurassic Park.

1995

Toy Story is the first animated film in which all animated characters are completed by CG technology.

1999

Gaga in Star Wars is the first CG character who can play against other real actors.

2002

Later, Gulum, a monster created by Peter Jackson, performed much better than Gaga.

2003

The successful completion of "Lord of the Rings 3" marks that the film special effects have reached a new height.

2004

Van helsing's poor performance made the audience hope that special effects had never been invented.

2005

With the remake of World War II and King Kong, movie master once again makes people deeply miss a classic of the past under the condition of modern technology.

2006

Although the scheduled capsizing of Poseidon failed to add a handful of firewood to the box office fire in North America, it also made people see the omnipotence of film special effects.

2009

Transformers in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen are as close to reality as possible. (The most powerful 2D special effects blockbuster at present)

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Motion capture, the core technology that runs through the whole movie, allows the audience to see the realistic avatar, and also uses very advanced 3D shooting technology (the most powerful 3D special effects blockbuster at present).