special effects
Example Sentences
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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
Mitchell’s special effects team has cleverly chosen to give the raptors mangy feathers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 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 three episodes track the stories of a teenage boy, a successful businesswoman and a soldier in the nearby town of Herculaneum, with a sprawling cast and special effects bringing those scenes to life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 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
