A special effect is a tool, a means of telling a story. A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing.
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Special effects are characters. Special effects are essential elements. Just because you can't see them doesn't mean they aren't there.
It's all about the special effects.
So, when the special effects are at the service of the story and draw you into it, that is really the magic.
I don't really think too much about special effects because that's not really something I can clearly visualize, so I leave that to the pros.
Whenever I see pointless use of special effects, I reach for something else.
You are always hoping that movie audiences are interested in characters and interested in story values rather than just mindless special effects. But you never know.
Great visual effects serve story and character and in doing so, are, by their very definition, invisible.
There were challenges with production because of the special effects. There are just some things that, although written, special effects just isn't able to do.
I'm not afraid of special effects, but I see them very much as a means to an end.
Truthfully, I don't know how those special effects people do it.
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