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Nova: Behind Scenes King Kong Special Effects [VHS]

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Behind the Scenes With King Kong in "Special Effects" was originaly produced by NOVA and even had a short run in IMAX theaters accross the country. The movie focuses not just on the revolutionary stopmotion animation techniques created by Willis O'Brien and model maker Marcel Delgado (you even get to see the original 18" armature they designed for Kong), but also on the the special effects that were developed as a direct result of this classic monster film. Viewers who love King Kong will enjoy seeing the painstaking detail the animators went to in order to provide them with such a memorable movie-going experience and fans of special effects films by such legends of the silveer screen as Ray Harryhausen and Rick Baker will also enjoy this film. The film can provide a springboard to increasing a viewers understanding of special effects. Newcomers to the study of SPFX and film making techniques will find this a fun introduction. If I had one complaint about the movie it was that it was too short, and all things considered, that is the best kind of complaint for a reviewer to have.

This is a great film explaining what goes on Behind the scenes. For the Imax Film- Special Effects: Anything Can Happen, the film required a 3 minute opening recreating a classic scene from the legendary film King Kong. Ben Burtt ( oscar winning sound effects man for Industrial Light and Magic ) took care of directing the sequence and supplying the sounds. David Allen, stop-motion animtion master, and Chris Endicott, stop-motion assistent, ( these two worked together on many of Charles Band's productions at Full Moon until Dave Allen untimly death in 1999 ) to take care of the stop-motion Kong shots. The results were more than perfect. If you have a fcination for special effects, I strongly suggest that you get this video.

This is a great film explaining what goes on Behind the scenes. For the Imax Film- Special Effects: Anything Can Happen, the film required a 3 minute opening recreating a classic scene from the legendary film King Kong. Ben Burtt ( oscar winning sound effects man for Industrial Light and Magic ) took care of directing the sequence and supplying the sounds. David Allen, stop-motion animtion master, and Chris Endicott, stop-motion assistent, ( these two worked together on many of Charles Band's productions at Full Moon until Dave Allen untimly death in 1999 ) to take care of the stop-motion Kong shots. The results were more than perfect. If you have a fcination for special effects, I strongly suggest that you get this video.

When I saw this movie at the IMAX theatre I was pleasantly surprised to find that the movie included some really great footage of the Alien Attacker from ID4. The footage shows the crew building the full-size ship that was used in the Area 51 hangar scenes. Thru time lapse photography you get to watch it built from the ground up. Quite a surprise let me tell you! If any of you bought and were completely disappointed by the model kit that was released depicting this ship then this sequence is a godsend. It clearly shows the front of the attacker (detail clearly missing in the model kit). So, if you have that model kit sitting around gathering dust on a shelf then buy this movie.

This is a great film explaining what goes on Behind the scenes. For the Imax Film- Special Effects: Anything Can Happen, the film required a 3 minute opening recreating a classic scene from the legendary film King Kong. Ben Burtt ( oscar winning sound effects man for Industrial Light and Magic ) took care of directing the sequence and supplying the sounds. David Allen, stop-motion animtion master, and Chris Endicott, stop-motion assistent, ( these two worked together on many of Charles Band's productions at Full Moon until Dave Allen untimly death in 1999 ) to take care of the stop-motion Kong shots. The results were more than perfect. If you have a fcination for special effects, I strongly suggest that you get this video.