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9 talks about the making of movie magic

Posted By Kate Torgovnick
January 4, 2013 at 12:47 pm EDT

“Movies have proved to be the ultimate medium for magic,” says Don Levy in today’s talk. A member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and former senior vice president of marketing and communications at Sony Pictures, Levy has always been fascinated by the sleights of hand that filmmakers use to create illusions. […]

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An Oscar-winning visual effects supervisor picks the 5 movies that floored him visually

Posted By Kate Torgovnick
August 17, 2012 at 1:32 pm EDT

Most people get into visual effects for the explosions. But not Robert Legato, the visual effects supervisor of Avatar and The Aviator, who also won Oscars for his work on Titanic and Hugo. “Everything I end up liking is outrageously simple,” Robert tells the TED Blog. In this thrilling talk given at TEDGlobal 2012, Legato […]