special effects
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Tours of the exhibit will be offered throughout the afternoon, but come to learn how to be transformed into a vampire at a special effects workshop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
"Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson, a special effects specialist, said in May at the Cannes Film Festival that he thought AI was "going to destroy the world".
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
His singular belief in his skills, that the special effects were the movie, made sense given how personally he took his work.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
This spawned a series of comical situations, much slapstick and the use of fairly primitive special effects, mainly sped-up film.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The acting was pretty lame and the special effects were cheesy, so Curly fast-forwarded to the end of the tape.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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