DO SPECIAL EFFECTS AFFECT SCRIPT WRITING IN A POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE WAY
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INTRODUCTION
The problem with 'special effects' movies has always been this -you know when you are looking at a special effect. Sometimes it's a good special effect, such as Gollum in 'The Lord of the Ring' trilogy (Peter Jackson), other times its not so good as Jar Jar in 'Star Wars: The Phantom Menace' (George Lucas) proves. But all special effects have tended to draw attention to the fact that they are special effects. The question is, do they add or take away from the reality of the film?
It is becoming more and more apparent to today's cinema-goers that special effects are evolving all the time. It has been four years since the Wachowski brothers first pushed technology to its limits with their spectacular 'Bullet-time' scenes in 'The Matrix.' This technique involved shooting stars Keanu Reeves, Carrie Anne Moss and other cast members using 122 still cameras against a greenscreen, then creating a revolving digital background based on photographs. Since then there have been numerous imitations and spoofs made to bullet time, that the Wachowski brothers are pushing their technology to new heights in the second and third instalments of the Matrix films. The producer of these films, Joel Silver, agrees that The Matrix has paved a way forward for special effects when he comments that "The bar's been raised so high that there is no bar. This'll end the way movies have been made they can go no further...