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	Derek Meddings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He is credited with the special effects in Anderson's 1960 and 1962 series Supercar and Fireball XL5, being elevated to special effects director on 1963's Stingray and special effects supervisor on 1964's Thunderbirds, where he was responsible for the design of the Thunderbirds craft.
		He was visual effects supervisor for all the Anderson puppet series of the late 1960s (Captain Scarlet, Joe 90, The Secret Service) and also on Anderson's first live-action series UFO.
		He was also nominated for the 1980 Oscar (Best effects, visual effects) for his work on Moonraker, for the 1990 BAFTA Film Award for best special effects for Batman, and posthumously for the 1996 BAFTA Film Award for best achievement in special effects for GoldenEye.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Derek_Meddings (327 words)

	Interview - Clay Pinney
		Basically, the Special Effects Supervisor, on a film like this, is in charge of virtually all of the atmospheric effects and all of the mechanical gags that go on.
		Special Effects' primary responsibility was all of the vehicles for the freeway chase and the mayhem that ensues there.
		What our Special Effects crew did was put a roll cage structure inside, then the driver basically had a NASCAR racing seat and fuel cells; a structure that protected the people inside.
	whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com /rl_cmp/rl_interview_clay_pinney.html (4107 words)

	Special effects scenes for Pinocchio shot in Malta
		A couple of special effects scenes for the film Pinocchio, which is directed by and stars Italian actor Roberto Benigni (of 'Life is Beautiful' fame), were shot in Malta at the tanks of the Mediterranean Film Studios last week.
		An Italian special effects team spent a week preparing for the shoot prior to filming, with the assistance of MFS tradesmen.
		Another special effect shot at the tanks involved Pinocchio in a storm on a rowing boat, which eventually capsizes, throwing him into the sea.
	www.maltamigration.com /news/times88976.shtml (368 words)

	CBC News Indepth: Movies
		When they are hired to do an effect, their first step is to see how the same effect has been done in other movies.
		Filmmakers of old may have desired to bring their effects up a level too, but they also wanted their motion pictures to be on the level of reality.
		He believes special effects have entered a Mannerist phase; what he means is that painters in the 1500s got so proficient at reproducing scenes from real life, they eventually became bored, which spurred experimentation.
	www.cbc.ca /arts/features/movies (1645 words)

	Imageworks - Ken Ralston
		He built sets, sculpted models, animated puppets, created optical effects, performed stop motion animation, and more on close to 200 spots for such clients as Cricket Lighters, Hallmark, Volkswagen, Green Giant and Pillsbury Foods (where, in many a commercial, it was Ralston's hand pressing the Pillsbury Doughboy's stomach).
		Ralston was brought on board as a camera assistant under the leadership of special effects supervisor Dennis Muren.
		Ralston was a visual effects supervisor at Industrial Light & Magic, placing his aesthetic and technical stamp on many of the company's landmark film innovations.
	www.imageworks.com /company/bios/kralston.html (552 words)

	Imdb Glossary letter: S (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Writers who specialize in script editing are called "script doctors", and are frequently uncredited.
		The set medic provides for the medical needs and emergency medical logistics of the entire cast and crew and is the safety liason between production/construction and various agencies.
		Refers to effects produced on the set, as opposed to those created in post-production.
	www.imdb.com /Glossary/S (2702 words)

	Paste Magazine :: Feature :: To Great Effect :: Behind the scenes with three movie-special-effects wizards (Page 1)
		As a blanket term, “special effects” refers to effects produced on-set, and excludes enhancements added later (computer-generated supplements are left up to visual-effects technicians).
		As special-effects supervisor for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth installment in the wickedly popular wizarding series, Richardson is singularly responsible for the design and implementation of plenty of bizarre (some never-before-imagined) constructions, including fire-breathing dragons, Death Eaters, zipping Quidditch brooms, giant water tanks and more.
		Visual effects did a lot of that manipulation in the computer, but I still had to build a 35-foot-long section of maze that would ripple and open and close and try to crush the occupants.
	www.pastemagazine.com /action/article?article_id=2252 (713 words)

	HBO: Band Of Brothers: Press Release
		For large hits, either to buildings or bodies, the effects team came up with a way to fire up to ten squibs simultaneously, ensuring a large hole.
		Some of the most spectacular use of special effects occurs in parts 6 and 7, where Easy Company is embroiled in the Battle of the Bulge, which happened in the dead of winter in the Bois Jacques, a forest near Bastogne, Belgium.
		The trees the effects team manufactured allowed an actor to be within five feet of a major explosion, and come to no harm.
	www.hbo.com /band/recreating_the_war/pressrelease_popup6.html (643 words)

	Wired 11.05: MATRIX2
		But by the time the melee is in full effect, everyone and everything on the screen is computer-generated - including the perspective of the camera itself, steering at 2,000 miles per hour and screaming through arcs that would tear any physical camera apart.
		Effects designers have been swapping CG faces onto the heads of stunt doubles for more than a decade, but typically, these faces were seen for only brief moments, from afar, or were occluded by other effects, like flames or smoke.
		This was the Wachowskis' name for a visual effect that didn't exist yet: an action sequence that slowed time to a sinuous crawl and then cranked it back up to normal speed as the camera pivoted rapidly around it.
	www.wired.com /wired/archive/11.05/matrix2_pr.html (4631 words)

	Vidocq review
		Pitof, a former film editor, became a special effects supervisor on several French blockbusters such as The City of Lost Children, Alien: Resurrection and Luc Besson's The Messenger.
		The first visible advantage resides in the large number of special effects.
		Special effects, camera movements, shot composition, sound effects, Matrix-like fights, and the superb costumes make everything a little too pompous.
	www.plume-noire.com /movies/reviews/vidocq.html (824 words)

	Special Effects Australia- Film Effects Film Company Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Brian is able to provide Special Effects and Armoury breakdowns of scripts, together with budget indications and advice on how to manage Special Effects and Armoury, which is often invaluable particuly for low budget productions.
		Further, he is able to work with local and international Special Effects Supervisors who may require special effects workshop facilities / mobile workshop vehicles / equipment and materials / trained special effects crew members etc.
		Brian is available to discuss further any Special Effects and Armoury requirements, and will be happy to give you a guided tour of the companies’ facilities at the Warner Roadshow Movie World Studios on the Gold Coast.
	www.filmfx.biz /home.html (261 words)

	Cinesite
		Effects Associates has a reputation stretching back nearly thirty years for producing high quality, award-winning physical effects for the international feature film and television industries.
		Effects Associates provided all of the physical effects equipment and key effects technicians on The Da Vinci Code, which is released this Friday.
		Special Effects Supervisor for the major Summer release is Dominic Tuohy, who has worked closely with Effects Associates in the past, most recently on Sahara.
	www.cinesite.com /?164 (233 words)

	John Fox - Film & Television Special Effects Supervisor,Licensed Pyrotechnician,Bullet Hit Squib,SFX,FX Explosive & ...
		This effect creates the illusion of a Large Explosion and can be achieved in a number of ways depending on the look required or the limitations of the location.
		This effect creates the illusion of a gun shot to the body with blood flying in all directions.
		This type of effect can be used on male and female actors without harm, although pre-production time should be allowed and costume considerations should be discussed to achieve the best look on film.
	www.motionpicturearmourer.com /effects.htm (255 words)

	Star Wars: Episode III \| We Still Do A Little Bit
		Though both are illusions, Special Effects (SFX) happen in front of the camera, in real time during production, while Visual Effects (VFX) are done by ILM during postproduction, after shooting has wrapped.
		This is a look at the world of Dave Young, Episode III Special Effects Supervisor.
		His effects are a different kind of high tech, using computer-controlled machinery, steam and hydraulic-powered devices, and the occasional time-tested low-tech solution to make real the unreal.
	www.starwars.com /episode-iii/bts/me3/3.html (204 words)

	AWC - Special Effects - Job Description (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		He gathers all the special effects personnel for the pyrotechnics department to work with everything from a flaming medicine wheel to grid rockets across the stadium, including fog effects on stage.
		A majority of the effects are wired to electric matches which ignite pyrotechnic materials.
		As the person in charge of the special effects and pyrotechnics consultant for AWC, Samson will, at all times, advice on the safe planning and execution of the effect.
	www.asianwildlife.com /samson/jobdesc.htm (290 words)

	News: 'Goblet' special effects profiled in Cinefex
		Special effects supervisor John Richardson, creature supervisor Nick Dudman, and an international team of visual effects vendors – the largest ever since the series began – joined forces to bring Rowling’s increasingly mature themes to fruition.
		The special effects were seriously good and were interesting to read about.
		The special effects in that film were amazing and so yeah cool that they are in a magazine.
	www.hpana.com /news.19379.html (887 words)

	Adam Howarth - Models, Special Effects, Pyrotechnics & Props - News
		As well as creating a model sequence with a huge explosion we also built props, weapons and many of the very unusual costumes under Oscar winning designer Eiko Isioka, Adam Howarth was also the special effects supervisor the main unit.
		Adam Howarth supervised the special and visual effects for the film whilst Conor O'Sullivan headed up the special effects make-up department.
		As well as models we built a 10m wide water curtain with wave and spray effects and a mechanical surfboard rig.
	www.model-fx.net /_sgt/m7_1.htm (214 words)

	Cinefex 101 - State of the Business / The Aviator / Son of the Mask
		Their entertaining and often brutally frank assessments of the challenges they have encountered in the past and envision for the future are accompanied by cartoons from the portfolio of freelance visual effects supervisor John Van Vliet, whose witty observations on life in the visual effects trenches have earned him a devoted following.
		Exploring the untapped early years of famed aviator and industrialist Howard Hughes in The Aviator, director Martin Scorsese called upon Oscar-winning visual effects supervisor Rob Legato to oversee effects that involved the re-creation of historic aircraft and the reenactment of thrilling aerial sequences through a blending of contemporary digital technology with old-school in-camera filmmaking techniques.
		Heading up the digital work was Sony Pictures Imageworks and a handful of ancillary vendors, while miniatures were the purview of New Deal Studios, and full-scale effects were provided by special effects supervisor R. Bruce Steinheimer.
	www.cinefex.com /backissues/issue101.html (255 words)

	Films Media Group - Science of Special Effects
		Filmmaking is an art, but special effects are all about science.
		From Georges Melies' 1902 film A Trip to the Moon to the 1999 movie Star Wars: Episode 1, The Phantom Menace, the history of special effects is the story of imagination coupled with cinematic innovation.
		Aside from taking an audience's breath away, special effects are often used simply for logistical reasons, such as when an actor or actress is unavailable for a shoot and must be woven into the scene later.
	www.films.com /id/6417/RequestPwd.aspx (322 words)

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		Special effects wizardry is employed to create fantastic characters in highly imaginative settings.
		Special Animatronics experts designed and built the remote-control units, circuitry, and mechanisms that controlled the creatures expressions.
		His creative fascination with the special effects film and television technology made possible was also reflected in his other productions.
	www.astrolog.org /labyrnth/product.txt (6410 words)

	Robert Short
		For the Emmy nominated NBC series “Surface” Short was given the assignment to supervise the North Carolina/on set special visual effects.
		In order to bring Herbie to life, visual effects supervisor John Van Vliet called in Short to oversee the mechanical Herbie’s performance.
		Working with special effects supervisor Matt Sweeney’s team of technicians he supervised and choreographed the character’s action along side the films stars Lindsay Lohan and Justin Long.
	www.robertshort.com /index.html (176 words)

	Steve Courtley - Interview
		I am the special effects supervisor of mechanical and pyrotechnic effects.
		There have not been large explosive effects, but a large quantity of explosive effects, to project to the viewer that it is larger than life.
		The visual effects guys had to pin point all the work to the time when we could shoot it - the window of opportunity, when the sun was right in the green screen canyon - we actually had half an hour.
	whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com /cmp/courtley_int.html (638 words)

	Chris Corbould, Special Effects Supervisor - Skillset (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		A special effect supervisor is in charge of the team of technicians producing special effects for a film.
		Most people think this means creating atmospheric effects like fog, rain and snowstorms or pyrotechnic effects like explosions and fire.
		My job is firstly to make sure that my unit has the equipment to do their job, secondly to make sure everything is tested and agreed with the director and thirdly for everything to perform safely and spectacularly so that people say "that was great' after the filming.
	www.skillset.org /film/stories/production/article_3395_1.asp (851 words)

	:: NASA Quest > Archives :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		He served as producer, director, co-writer, editor, miniature builder, cinematographer and special effects supervisor on the production.
		With the digital revolution firmly in hand, the company offers a full range of special effects services for feature films, television, commercials and simulator attractions and reserves the right to create its own intellectual properties for interactive entertainment and education.
		Digital Domain's effects first appeared in the film "TRUE LIES," the Arnold Schwarzenegger/Jamie Lee Curtis action-comedy, in July 1994, which Cameron wrote, produced, and directed.
	quest.arc.nasa.gov /space/challenge/team/cameron.html (1126 words)

	Cinefex 4 - Altered States / Outland
		Providing added commentary are ditector of photography Stephen Goldblatt, special effects supervisor John Stears, modelmaker Bill Pearson, plate photographer Douglas Dawson, and Introvision team members John Eppolito, Tom Naud, William Mesa and Tim Donahue.
		Production designer Joe Alves and special effects supervisor John Dykstra discuss their involvement in the aborted Arthur Penn production.
		Tying the narrative together is special makeup artist Dick Smith, and his assistant Carl Fullerton, who rode out the production maelstrom from beginning to end.
	www.cinefex.com /backissues/issue4.html (247 words)

	Blood on the Beach - page 1
		But the picture's aesthetic approach also took its toll on those responsible for its special and visual effects — it's hard to feel giddy about creating the perfect explosion or fatal wound while knowing that somebody suffered such trauma in real life.
		Consequently, Ryan was both a privilege to work on and the most grueling of projects, blending the work of veteran practical special effects supervisor Neil Corbould with some 40 digitally enhanced shots from Industrial Light and Magic's visual effects supervisors, Stefen Fangmeier and Roger Guyett.
		Corbould served as a senior technician (or floor supervisor) on Cutthroat Island and Cliffhanger, then graduated to special effects supervisor on The Fifth Element (for which he earned a British Academy Award), and the upcoming action thriller Entrapment.
	www.theasc.com /magazine/dec98/Blood/pg1.htm (1039 words)

	Special Effects
		The story's bigger-than-life canvas and visual effects sequences provided some new and intriguing challenges for Woo.
		These effects, and the camera movement and dialogue, fit together seamlessly to produce some of "BROKEN ARROW's" most eye-popping shots.
		Slater and Travolta's athletic prowess also came in handy for the film's opening boxing sequence, which establishes the different levels of the relationship between the two friends as they trade punches.
	www.foxhome.com /brokenarrow/html/efx.htm (300 words)

	Star Wars Trilogy DVD-A Star Wars Page
		Here are a few examples of the major differences between the 1997 Special Editions of the Star Wars films and the new 2004 DVD Editions.
		Lucasfilm is already planning the high-definition box set of the whole 6-film saga, possibly for the original film's 30th anniversary in 2007.
		However, it is possible to directly access each scheme individually with the use of special codes.
	www.geocities.com /jedi_vega/trilogydvd.htm (3041 words)

	MTFX: TV/film special effects, fireworks, confetti and firedance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		MTFX works with some of the most prestigious film and television production companies to design jaw-dropping special effects.
		MTFX is internationally renowned for its high quality special effects.
		Our expertise and experience means you can trust us to create the atmospheric, pyrotechnic and physical effects you need on time and on budget.
	www.mtfx.com (113 words)

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