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Steve the dinosaur world record1/6/2024 For decades, filmmakers had relied on physical models, stop motion and practical special effects, many of them provided by ILM, which was founded to create the effects in the original Star Wars trilogy and, notably, provided effects for the Indiana Jones movie series. In 1993, the film industry didn’t really trust computer graphics. I have been researching computer animation for nearly two decades and witnessed the transition from practical to virtual effects it didn’t happen overnight. Today, nearly every film contains computer-generated imagery: Explosions, tsunamis and even the wholesale destruction of cities are simulated, virtual characters replace human actors and detailed 3D models and green-screen backgrounds have replaced traditional sets. Since then, computer graphics researchers have been working to constantly improve the realism of visual effects and have achieved great success, scholarly, commercial and artistic. Even back then, upon seeing the initial digital test shots, George Lucas was stunned: He’s often quoted as saying “ it was like one of those moments in history, like the invention of the light bulb or the first telephone call … A major gap had been crossed and things were never going to be the same.” Yet Jurassic Park stands out historically because it was the first time computer-generated graphics, and even characters, shared the screen with human actors, drawing the audience into the illusion that the dinosaurs’ world was real.
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