Ever since the invention of computer-generated effects, there have been ways to use them well and ways to completely overdo ...

Before CGI took over everything, movie magic was made with puppets, makeup, miniatures, and some wildly creative problem-solving. Today’s post features iconic behind-the-scenes special effects shots ...

Trends in special effects are always changing, and ever since the jaw-dropping effects of Jurassic Park and Terminator 2, ...

He gravitated towards fairy tales, mythology, the fantasy genre, and animated movies and shows aimed at family audiences.

Reprinted by permission of "The Big Frame." Distributed by Imax Corporation, Special Effects reveals the method behind the magic of the movies, and features state-of-the art effects created ...

NOVA: Tell us about your interest in special effects. BURTT: Well, my interest in special effects goes back a lot further that my professional career. When I made films as a child, the very first film ...

For as long as Star Wars has been around, fans have made their own fan movies with toys using stop motion or by dressing up as characters and adding cheesy homemade special effects. But wouldn't it be ...

It was all building, of course, on the earth-shaking work done by George Lucas’s Star Wars just the year before. Special effects had always been around, to be sure; anyone who’d seen a Georges Méliès ...