WATCH any sci-fi or fantasy movie and you'll probably think the special effects are obvious.
It's all the parts that quite clearly cannot be real, right? In X-Men: First Class, you would have looked at such things as Azazel's teleportation, Emma Frost's transformation into diamond, Riptide's tornadoes or Sebastian Shaw's energy absorption and decided those were the sections that had to be done by computer technicians.
And for many people who aren't fans of the genre, those conspicuous fantasy elements would be the point where they cannot suspend disbelief and immerse themselves into the movie.
But is it really that simple?
The answer is 'no'. Making any multi-million-dollar blockbuster involves far more than digitally painting in a few blatantly flashy bits here and there.
In the case of X-Men: First Class, you can find out exactly how much painstaking work went on to bring us the new mutant adventure, thanks to an article by FX Guide that offers an incredible insight into the production.
We are told there were more than 1,000 visual effects shots in the film, created by a number of companies and co-ordinated by John Dykstra.
Far from destroying the magic and mystery, the article's detailed explanation of what went on behind the scenes brings a new level of appreciation and amazement to the finished product on our screens (and the movie is well worth checking out, if you haven't done so already).
I'm not going to reproduce the entire article here but it's worth mentioning a few points that particularly caught my attention before directing you to read the whole piece over at FX Guide. If you haven't seen the film, there are spoilers, so be warned.
Special effects company Rhythm & Hues worked on Emma Frost, Mystique and Angel as well as scenes with the X-Jet, the Lincoln Memorial and a CIA facility.
The team first had to come up with an interesting and visually convincing concept for how Emma's diamond power worked: "We...
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[Source: Coventry Telegraph - The Geek Files]
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