Welcome to another edition of How to Win the Oscar. Today's topic is in the area of special effects which include practical and digital. The most common effects of todays era are the special effects since most movies today are dealt with post production on computers that put the actors out of harms way. The other are practical effects where the make-up or creatures are there with the actors and, in most cases, make the action feel more realistic because the actor has something to go off of. In recent years, the winners have been Lord of the Rings for its outstanding costume and location setting in the fictional world of Middle Earth. The other winners have been Harry Potter for the life-like creation of Hogwarts and all the practical effects used to make magic real. Then there's Avatar where every frame was taken to the digital effects laboratory in order to make up the beautiful world of Pandora.
However, not always do the big budget movies get the special effects award. Sometimes the most subtle of touches like The Iron Lady, which won for best make-up, take the gold because they do a minimalistic take on their actors in order to keep them realistic. This just goes to show that not all winners go to the film with the most effects, but rather the one that does theirs the best. So if you're looking into make-up and special effects, then don't always go for the over the top masks, but instead go for the minimalistic realism because you can fool more people with the little details than the big overhaul on special effects.
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