special effects

NOUN

special film techniques

Synonyms

WEAK

FX animation mechanical effects optical effects process photography

Example Sentences

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As well as using light shows and special effects, Mark's DJs will play more positive and hopeful music should one of the British teams be losing.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

But “Is God Is” refuses to gussy up its allegories with too many special effects or gratuitous gore.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

Remember that 1966 sci-fi movie “Fantastic Voyage,” set inside a human body, the special effects groundbreaking though still analogue?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

I mean, it took us a while, you know, with special effects and our hair and makeup and wig and costumes.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

I rigged up my special effects, checked out the terrain, measured distances, collected the ordnance and equipment we’d need.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien