1. Critical Viewing Mr. Lingman
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Critical Viewing
Mr. Lingman

2. F/X
An abbreviation for “special effects”

3. IMAX
A specialized, big screen file format about ten times larger than the traditional 35mm cinema format

4. Glass Shot
An elaborate set painted realistically on part of a pane of glass with the action shot through it, combining two images.

5. MATTE SHOT
The optical process of combining separately photographed shots onto one print.

6. Stop-Motion Photography
A special-effects animation technique where figures or models are shot one frame at a time.

7. CLAYMATION
A more primitive form of stop-motion using moldable clay figures

8. CGI
Computer-Generated Imagery, the use of 3d computer graphics and technology in filmmaking to create images, special effects and the illusion of motion.

9. MORPHING
The transformation of one digital image into another with computer animation

10. REAR PROJECTION
A special effects technique to create backgrounds in which actors are filmed in front of a screen on which a background projected.

11. BLUE SCREEN/ GREEN SCREEN
A process in which actors work in front of an evenly-lit, blue or green background screen.

12. SUPERIMPOSITION
An optical printing process that exposes one image on top of another.

13. POSTSYNCHRONIZATION
The post-production process of replacing unclear or garbled voices and sounds in a movie soundtrack; “dubbing”

14. PYROTECHNICS
The use of explosives of ballistics in film.

15. FOLEY
Any sound effect recorded on a foley stage, a sound stage which contains props and materials.