Invisible Visual Effects

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Nowadays, production of almost every film can not avoid of consideration for budget about computer effects. Its  high-efficient and low-risk state gives tremendous possibilities for visual performance of films. In spite of the high requesting to investment, producers are always eager for this technology because it would give the film a potential to obtain more financial margin.

For the audiences, watching a film with fantastical visual effects can bring themselves enjoyable experience. Some commercial films, for incidence Transformers, Lord of Rings, Harry Potter and Pacific Rim, are successful about providing exciting visions with computer special effects.

However, there are some films with less commercial trend also contains enormous visual effect technology that more difficult to recognise. They were in some condition that requiring to show special ambiance. For them, the visual effects play the roles of making probable visual shots for story telling, not entertaining audiences with stirring elements.

The Kings Speech VFX Showreel from Molinare on Vimeo.

The King's Speech, screened in 2010, told a legendary story about King George VI of the United Kingdom. As this was basic on a real story happened during probable World War II with quite a different environment in London comparing today. Additionally, rendering the public appearance of royal family is not a simple job. Then some technological solutions were found. They made many shots at front of green screens, produced vary environments through windows, simulated London mist of last century. This arrangement may not be observed easily, cause it was perfectly fitted into story and scenes. Most audience do not concentrate in, comment about, even notice about this kind of effects. They are invisible visual effects.

Some similar disposing also happened when Forrest Gump was making. That film, also contains numerous of computer-effected shots, definitely made many managements smoothly and peacefully. Actually, in my opinion, it shows us a method that every dealing ways in art creating, high-technological or low-technological, can be an assist for the drama, meaning and expression. It does not have to be an extra part to attract audiences, but can be a natural segment fused in a progress of story telling.

The visual effects influences film making deeper than imagination. It is beginning to impact other art aspects like music videos, vocal concerts and operas. It can be supposed there would be much more utilisation of computer visual effects for many parts of life. Including invisible effects.