Epoch-making Interpretation: As the product of the film when it was just born, this short film, with only 14 minutes, is of great significance beyond the imagination of the owner. With extremely simple equipment (compared with today) and whimsical design, Georges Méliès adapted jules verne's novel, and after the previous live shooting, through montage, stop-motion animation, special makeup and other means, finally completed this film with the status of the originator of science fiction movies. After this movie, even in today's era, this movie will still make you dumbfounded, and no one will be impressed by the amazing ideas more than 100 years ago.
2. King Kong (1933)
Epoch-making interpretation: At this time, the film has experienced more than 30 years of development, and the technology and environment are relatively mature. The establishment of Hollywood has also greatly promoted the studio system and the star system. The film King Kong, which was shot at 1933, was not only a super blockbuster at that time, but also influenced the film creation in the later half century. The film adopts the perfect combination of animation, model, curtain technology and other means, and presents the audience with the fantasy scene of King Kong strolling through the virgin forest and climbing to the top of the Empire State Building on the screen. The whole world is shocked by the magical scene shown in this film. "King Kong" used stop-motion animation and curtain technology, and even in the 1990s, it was still used for reference by filmmakers, showing its far-reaching influence, which can be described as the first of a generation of special effects films.
3.200 1 space roaming (1968)
Epoch-making Interpretation: This film took several years to complete, and the script was revised many times before and after, and the total shooting cost was 654.38+million US dollars (more than 20 times compared with today). The North American box office finally reached $56 million (after years of screening), but more than half of the audience complained that they couldn't understand it. One of the audience, John Lennon, claimed to watch it once a week. It is such a profound special effects blockbuster, which is a milestone in the history of film special effects after all.
Stanley kubrick, the director, used the "front projection special effects technology" for the first time in this film, that is, when shooting, an independent projector was used, and a single mirror was placed 45 degrees in front of the camera, and the projector with a 90-degree angle with the camera projected the background picture onto the single mirror, so that when the actors performed in front of the camera, the camera would capture all the actors and background pictures in the camera, further enhancing the realism of the picture. This technology has continued to this day, and it was not gradually replaced until the green screen technology was popularized. Not only that, but the modeling technique in the film is also the peak. It is necessary that the spaceships that travel in space are hand-made models by special effects artists.
And the film uses classical music as the background music, and its epic gas field is also convincing. At that time, Kubrick borrowed a computer from IBM to shoot and used it to play a song, which was the first time in the history of movies that a live broadcast of a song was recorded by computer. All of these, Space Odyssey 200 1 has an irreplaceable classic position in the history of modern film special effects.
4. Star Wars (1977)
An epoch-making interpretation: Today, if the American doesn't take Star Wars seriously, he will definitely be regarded as an alien. Of course, this statement is a bit exaggerated, but if you really live in that environment in the United States, you will find that Star Wars has become a part of American culture and is deeply rooted.
At the beginning, george lucas wrote the Star Wars script with reference to Kurosawa's film Heroes of the Warring States, and added elements such as sci-fi dramas that he watched for 50 years, as well as clothed the imperial army led by the Sith emperor with Nazi clothes. This multi-cultural Star Wars came into being. This film uses micro-shooting, curtain technology, special effects makeup, and putting people on the machine shell. Combining original and advanced methods, the final production cost of this film is 1 1 ten thousand dollars. George lucas also founded the special effects company "Industrial Light Magic" for this film, which is the first epoch-making special effects film company in film history and will become the industry benchmark in the future.
The technology in Star Wars is a continuation and expansion on the basis of predecessors. Its innovative significance is not as strong as "200 1 A Space Odyssey", but it is obviously more sought after by the audience, and it is also the earliest movie with a box office of over 100 million yuan (excluding inflation). In terms of commercial entertainment, Star Wars can be regarded as a new era of modern blockbusters.
5. Who framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Epoch-making Interpretation: This is the first feature film in film history in which real people and animated characters co-act. The performance of real people and animated characters in movies is almost seamless. The film special effects company is responsible for the special effects of the film. The company provided more than 65,438+0,000 special effects shots after the film was finished, which was also a record at that time. After the painstaking efforts of the Industrial Light Magic, the animated characters in the film and the real people performed on the same stage. No matter in the texture of the picture, or in the change of light effect and position relationship, the audience simply could not see any flaws. The vivid performance of Roger Rabbit almost made the audience think that it was really "alive".
The joint performance of real people and animated characters in the film can be regarded as the pioneer of special effects characters today. In the future, the digital characters in The Lord of the Rings, The Legend of Narnia, The Golden Compass and other special effects blockbusters will all have the shadow of Roger Rabbit. It is this movie that makes special effects technology enter the CGI computer era. This is a special effects film connecting the past with the future.
6. Terminator 2 (199 1)
Epoch-making Interpretation: The liquid robot T- 1000 appeared in this film, which consumed more than 40 special effects shots. T- 1000 is also the first time that a complete CGI digital character appears in a blockbuster. The mainstream of movies is still science fiction action movies. Due to the limitation of technical conditions, there are not many computer special effects scenes. But James Cameron created this T- 1000, which is destined to make a name for himself in the history of special effects movies. It represents that the special effects of movies have entered a new stage, which means that one day a movie will be made entirely by computers, and there are no real people in it. Characters are all made by digital technology, and movies are unconsciously developing in that direction.
7. Jurassic Park (1993)
Epoch-making Interpretation: But when scientists were stunned by the appearance of the slowly advancing long-necked dragon, the audience under the screen began to doubt their eyes. It is a miracle that this animal that has been extinct for hundreds of millions of years can reappear on the human screen! At the time of filming, computer special effects were far less developed than today. However, in order to complete the dinosaur computer special effects in the film, Spielberg had to cooperate with several special effects companies such as SGI Silicon Image and Industrial Light Magic, and spent tens of millions of dollars to complete the computer special effects lens of 10 minutes. In shooting, dinosaur models are also used to assist in shooting. Other advanced special effects technologies, such as front projection technology, curtain technology and high-speed lens movement. Spielberg moved almost all the advanced special effects technology at that time into this film, and the film was considered as the special effects of that era.
8. Matrix (1999)
Epoch-making Deduction: The most advanced computer special effects are used to deal with blasting and action scenes, and China Kung Fu and Divya technology are also introduced to shoot action performances. The film provides the coolest special effects scene, 360 lens rotation, bullet time, online virtual world and so on. The concepts and techniques in this film attracted worldwide attention at that time. The Matrix completely brought movies into the era of computer special effects. Prior to this, film special effects were still a tangle of traditional and advanced technologies. In the era of the matrix, film special effects have been equated with computer special effects. Of course, traditional technologies such as models, lens shifting and montage will not be abandoned (only now), but the era of unification of computer special effects has come with the release of The Matrix.
9. The Lord of the Rings (200 1~2003)
Epoch-making Interpretation: Peter Jackson used almost all special effects techniques in this series of films, such as modeling, makeup, green screen, CGI technology, character action and expression capture, etc. The most advanced special effects in ancient times are readily available. Gollum, the digital character in the film, was the most complicated digital composite character in the history at that time. Its vivid performance made people believe that it was a virtual character who scanned the expressions and actions of real people in the early stage and finished it by computer in the later stage.
The war scenes in the film were also shot by Peter Jackson and his team, and their company even developed a war software for this purpose, which was continuously upgraded and improved through research. By the time the third film was filmed, the war simulation software had been able to generate thousands of soldiers to fight in their own way. The technology of making props and models in the film is also improving. There are hundreds of craftsmen in the crew who are responsible for building armor and weapons, so there is not enough manpower. It is necessary to hire local women from New Zealand to help them complete the tasks assigned by the crew. The three The Lord of the Rings's have made the special effects scenes to the extreme, and each one is more wonderful than the last one, so each one won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects, so that after the official curtain call of The Lord of the Rings, winner of the Best Visual Effects Award in 2005, spider-man 2 said: "It's a good thing that The Lord of the Rings didn't shoot the fourth one."
10, Avatar (2009)
Epoch-making Interpretation: The era of 3D movies is coming quietly, so why not shine? At least until now, 3D movies have not gained enough global recognition. Previous 3D movies, such as Journey to the Center of the Earth, Alien Wars, Journey to the Flying House, and so on, are actually warming up. In recent years, the work that really opens the era of 3D movies is undoubtedly Avatar, which will land in theaters early next year. James Cameron is also the only director in this article who has two finalists. There is no doubt that he and Avatar are the protagonists of this article.
Avatar adopts the most advanced 3D shooting technology, and the cameras of the film are all developed by James Cameron Company, which is unique in the world. Cameron has been waiting for this film for ten years. After Titanic, Cameron hasn't made a movie. His aim is to wait until the environment and technology of 3D movies are mature before shooting Avatar. This movie will bring about a revolution in 3D movies, and the traditional 2D movies will be impacted as never before. Cameron also firmly believes: "Only by watching the 3D version can we really feel the real impact of Avatar." The film also cooperated with IMAX Technology Department to bring a more visually shocking IMAX 3D version of Avatar, which will affect the new pattern of the world film industry. 20 10 1.2, "Avatar" will land in cinemas in China, so go to the cinema and feel the impact of this blockbuster.