Digital visual effects have been an integral part of the filmmaking process for decades but their increased use over the ...

The best natural disaster movies of all time captivate audiences with thrilling scenarios of survival against catastrophic ...

From the moment Georges Méliès wowed audiences with a rocket crashing into the moon's face in A Trip to the Moon over 120 years ago, amazing special effects have been one of the best parts of going to ...

Whether for creatures, aliens, or locations, filmmakers were keen to show off newer methods – even birthing the term “special ...

Ray Harryhausen is one of the key names in special effects history. Inspired by the creature effects of the original King Kong, Harryhausen developed a process for inserting stop-motion animated ...

which was used as a reference for the visual effects team and even ended up in some of the final shots. Movement is what really sells any animatronic character in a movie, so roboticists like Mark ...

“We didn’t use real animals because it’s very difficult to get wild animals ... providing both Skarsgard and the visual effects team reference points for the action. To film the scene ...