Today I am going to be analysing special effects in post-apocalyptic movies. Special effects are visual or sound effects that are introduced into a motion picture. Special effects or (SFX) are used in the film and entertainment industry to create effects that cannot be achieved my normal means, such as travel to other star systems. They are also used when creating the effect by normal means is prohibitively expensive, such as an enormous explosion. Special effects are used frequently in post-apocalyptic movie's to make them realistic and visually interesting.
Today I'm going to be analysing a scene from War of the worlds. War of the worlds is a film out an alien invasion and what takes place during and after the attacks :
This film uses special effects all the way through the movie. Special effects are a key part to play in this movie as you will see by the use of them in this scene.
Straight away the scene uses special effects as you can see from (0.00-0.10). Firstly you can see there is a giant robot alien in the scene, special effects are blaintintly being used here to create the visual effect that the robot is real. Along with this there is a sound effect being used when there is a long shot of the robot, sound effects are used to make the scene more realistic, the sound effect used in this clip is a loud mechanical trumpeting this is used to make the viewer know the robot is going to act and that something bad is going to happen. From 0.10-0.40 there is also another sound effect being used, this sound is to the viewers eyes coming from the robot and is a whirring sound, as the seconds go on the whirring intensifies giving the viewer an indication that the robot is doing something and is about to attack. Furthermore after the whirring sound occurs there it is then followed by a zapping sound. In this scene the zapping sound is accompanied by another special effect, this time it is a beam of light interpreted by the viewer as a laser. As the laser hits the people they disappear into a cloud of ashes this is another special effect that is being used. In addition to this there are many special effects used from (1.00-2.10) for example sound effects such as explosions, smashing glass sounds, screeching and the sound again mechanical sounds coming from the robot. There is also special effects such as fire, props being destroyed and again the robot patrolling the streets.
Overall this scene is jam packed full of special effects. Special effects are key aspects in many films making the scene more realistic and visually interesting along with the sound effects to accompany the visual effects. Special effects are one of the many conventions of post-apocalyptic films. The special effects in this scene are used very effectively in creating an immerse experience for the viewer.
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