Documentary series dealing with every aspect of special effects in movies, from low-budget make-up to multi-million-dollar computer-generated graphics. The clear presentation includes descriptions of the creation and technical problems of the effects, and interviews with effects technicians, directors, stars and other crew. Each episode deals with one topic, effect or technician (eg theme park rides, CGI, Stan Winston), concentrating on one or more current or recent films.
Creature Makeup: Masks and Mirrors
Optical Effects: Optical Illusions
Creature Articulation: The Art of Imitation
Miniature Pyrotechnics: Baby Blasts
Forced Perspective: Eye of the Beholder
Ride Films: Riding the Movies
Action Miniatures: Fast and Furious
Matte Paintings: The Panoramic Art
Computer Animation: Electric Dreams
Cinematic Flight: Up, Up and Away
Models and Miniatures: A Model of Perfection
Stop Motion Animation: One Step at a Time
Atmospheric Effects: Eye of the Storm
Digital Enhancement: Painting by Numbers
Sound Effects: Audio Awareness
Pyrotechnics: Bombs and Other Blasts
Weapons: Hits and Misses
Physical Effects: Causes and Effects
In Vogue: The 90s
Flick Flack
Talking Film
The Men Who Made the Movies
Antiques Roadshow
How to Look at and Understand Great Art
LIGHT & MAGIC
A Believer's Guide to...
UFO Europe: The Untold Stories
Time Team
The Crocodile Hunter
Balladen om kolonihaven
The Betoota Advocate Presents
You've Been Scammed By Nigel Latta
Dateline: World War II
Project Greenlight
Prehistoric Park
Suicide Cults
Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos
Sound of Cinema: The Music That Made the Movies