{ "id": 13836, "date": "2013-05-29T20:56:49", "date_gmt": "2013-05-29T20:56:49", "guid": { "rendered": "http:\/\/meyproducciones.com\/?p=13836" }, "modified": "2023-09-29T20:40:24", "modified_gmt": "2023-09-29T20:40:24", "slug": "la-historia-de-los-efectos-especiales-2", "status": "publish", "type": "post", "link": "https:\/\/meyproducciones.com\/en\/?p=13836", "title": { "rendered": "THE HISTORY OF SPECIAL EFFECTS" }, "content": { "rendered": "
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BY: Andres Vallecilla Jaramillo<\/p>\n

At the beginning of the 20th century, George M\u00e9li\u00e8s<\/a>, A French illusionist and filmmaker was filming Paris traffic. The camera mechanism he was using jammed, but traffic continued until the problem was resolved. Then, when he projected the footage, he saw a large bus rapidly transform into a hearse. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"It is said that from that moment the history of special effects in film began to be written, without disregarding other figures who also contributed different types of effects, since at that precise moment, George M\u00e9li\u00e8s accidentally discovered the "Stop Trick." This occurs when an object is filmed and, while the camera is off, the object is moved out of the camera's view and then turned back on. When the viewer watches the film, it appears as if the object disappears.<\/span><\/p>\n

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From then on, M\u00e9li\u00e8s used this trick or effect in many of his films, including A TRIP TO THE MOON (1902) and THE IMPOSSIBLE JOURNEY (1904), two of his best-known and most revolutionary films of his time.<\/span><\/p>\n

But anyway, let's stop here to find out what a special effect actually is.<\/span><\/p>\n

Special effects are a set of techniques used in the entertainment and audiovisual industries to create an audiovisual illusion, allowing the viewer to witness scenes that cannot be achieved through conventional means. Special effects can be used to represent nonexistent objects or beings. In film, special effects are also used to enhance real elements previously filmed using conventional methods.<\/span><\/p>\n

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There are 5 types or 5 ways to classify special effects:<\/span><\/p>\n

* Optical Effects <\/span>
*Mechanical Effects or Animatronics <\/span>
* Sound Effects <\/span>
* Makeup Effects <\/span>
* Digital Effects <\/span><\/p>\n

Optical Effects<\/span><\/strong>
Optical effects, also called visual or photographic effects, are the oldest. Pioneers such as Georges M\u00e9li\u00e8s, Segundo de Chom\u00f3n, Willis O'Brien, and Ray Harryhausen were the creators of these innovations.<\/span><\/p>\n

These effects were used in films such as KING KONG, which used stop-motion animation, and STAR WARS, which used more advanced stop-motion techniques called "Go Motion".\u201c<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mechanical Effects<\/span><\/strong>
Better known as \u201canimatronics,\u201d mechanical effects include mechanical puppets, scenery, and pyrotechnics. They are also used to create scenes such as rain, gunfire, building destruction, and so on. Effects like these were used in Jurassic Park to bring the dinosaurs to life. <\/span><\/p>\n

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