A history of special effects

1-The Lumière brothers made the first film.

2-The first film had no special effects.

3-George Méliès discovered the “stop trick” by

accident.

4-The “stop trick” made it look like people and things

in the film changed into someone or something else.

5-Other filmmakers were not interested in the “stop

trick” technique.

6-King Kong was the name of an animal.

7-The gorilla looked big in the film but was really very

small.

8-George Lucas was a very innovative filmmaker with

new ideas.

9-The special effects crew of Star Wars used old

techniques and technology.

10-A computer-controlled camera was used in the Star

Wars film to create scenes with realistic motion.

10-Special effects nowadays are different because of

computers.