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special effect

[ spesh-uhl i-fekt ]

noun

Movies, Television.
  1. Usually special effects. a video or audio illusion in film or other media, created with computer-generated images, prosthetic makeup, pyrotechnics, etc. : SFX


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Word History and Origins

Origin of special effect1

First recorded in 1940–45
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Lucas's changes to key plot points, including the addition of Jabba the Hutt and other special effects upgrades, have long divided fans.

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To achieve the special effects of the solar eclipse, the house was reassembled on the largest blue screen sound stage in the world, constructed ad hoc at a hockey arena in Nova Scotia.

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But there also has been controversy in Hollywood around how Sora and other AI tools could displace actors, special effects artists and other workers in the entertainment industry.

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"Every costume and every film set, all the props, all the special effects rigs, everything was made here in the studio," Tovey tells BBC London.

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Rather than the warm acoustical refinement of the famed Musikverein, the Vienna Philharmonic’s home, every orchestral utterance jumped out at the audience like a 3D special effect.

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