We are gonna identify and discuss some of the techniques, genres and formats that have been used in several films. I have not seen a lot of these movies but we are gonna discuss a few clips we have from the presentation.
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (1986)
A musical, comedy and terror movie, where they have used a mix of techniques. We can see in some shots that there are actual VFX components where it was probably difficult to achieve the same effect with practical work. But there are other shots where we can see clearly that are practical effects, most of them where the character interacts with the effect that’s implemented in the shot. We can see an example of this in the next images:
The left image is an example of VFX where the right one is practical.
AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981)
American werewolf in London is a terror film with comedy touches and use a lot of practical effects, most of them are makeup. You can achieve an amazing effect when done well. This is an amazing example of SFX.
GREMLINS (1986)
A comedy/horror/fantasy movie is captured in digital where all they use is practical effects with the gremlins and others sets. Digital captured makes it easier to implement practical effects to the shots. We can see an example of this here:
THE ABYSS (1989)
The abyss is done with VFX, they have a wide variety of VFX techniques and well implemented to the shot. It’s a science-fiction movie recorded in digital. This helps with the VFXtechniques in the film.
INDEPENDENCE DAY (1996)
This movie implements really well practical effects like miniatures with the live shot. They also VFX implemented and mixed with the practical one.
BLADE RUNNRE 2049 (2017)
Blade Runner is an action movie, captured in digital. This helps to implement all the effects, both practical and visual, being VFX and SFX in every shot there is no other way of recording this. In the video embed before you can see either both types of effects.