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Report From The Land of SFX

Posted by Hemos on from the well-not-duh dept.

prostoalex writes "MIT's Technology Review takes a look at the world of digital special effects, the industry worth half a billion dollars per year, according to the authors. It talks about the role of SFX in movie production nowadays and comes to the connclusion that while might not 100% computer-created in the future, we'll see more of realistic-looking special effects in future titles."

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  1. Dr. Nostradamus of MIT by GuyMannDude · · Score: 4, Funny

    It talks about the role of SFX in movie production nowadays and comes to the connclusion that while might not 100% computer-created in the future, we'll see more of realistic-looking special effects in future titles.

    More realistic effects in the future, huh? Boy, they're really going out on a limb this time.

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  2. Fantastic... by Damion · · Score: 2, Funny

    So we can spend more and more on special effects, and less and less on those useless "plots" and "storylines"...

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  3. overuse of digital effects by brer_rabbit · · Score: 3, Funny

    Digital effects are like markup tags. When you first find out how to use them they're really neat but over use can detract from the real content.