Practical effects

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You may think that most movies use computer imaging in order to add in their effects. Well, in many cases that would be true, but there are a bunch of other ways to make these things happen like practical effects and motion capture. Back in the day, practical effects were pretty much the norm and many of the movies on this list use such effects. You wouldn't normally get to see them, but if you keep reading you just might be able to understand how these effects come to be.

While working on a feature film called The Grind, filmmaker Vashi Nedomansky had to come up with a way to shoot a flashback scene, complete with Humvee,

This is Dimitri Kaliviotis model.

I seriously had no idea how many practical effects and miniature models were used in the development of the Star Wars prequel trilogy. A lot of people have made complaints over the years that there were not enough practical effects used in the making of the film, when in reality there were a ton

Wait—the podracing arena from THE PHANTOM MENACE was a miniature? Filled with thousands of Q-tips, and characters like Prince Xizor and Chewbacca?

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The Star Wars prequels, seen as a turning point in computer generated imaging, were more model-intensive than you might think.

Photographer John Dykstra says he believes in the power of perspective. His surreal photo style is created entirely with practical effects and simple