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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.79,0:00:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The filmmaker Georges Méliès was first a magician.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.88,0:00:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now movies proved to be the ultimate medium for magic.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.64,0:00:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With complete control of everything the audience can see,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.12,0:00:23.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,moviemakers had developed an arsenal of techniques
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.48,0:00:27.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to further their deceptions.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.77,0:00:32.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Motion pictures are themselves an illusion of life,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.59,0:00:36.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,produced by the sequential projection of still frames,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.43,0:00:41.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they astonished the Lumière brothers' early audiences.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.30,0:00:43.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even today's sophisticated moviegoers
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.100,0:00:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still lose themselves to the screen,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.92,0:00:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and filmmakers leverage this separation from reality
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.60,0:00:53.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to great effect.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.14,0:00:57.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now imaginative people have been having fun with this
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.45,0:00:59.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for over 400 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.52,0:01:03.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Giambattista della Porta, a Neapolitan scholar
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.32,0:01:08.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the 16th century, examined and studied the natural world
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.92,0:01:12.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and saw how it could be manipulated.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.57,0:01:15.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Playing with the world, and our perception of it,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.99,0:01:19.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really is the essence of visual effects.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.28,0:01:21.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So digging deeper into this
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.46,0:01:23.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the Science and Technology Council
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.81,0:01:26.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.97,0:01:31.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reveals some truth behind the trickery.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.46,0:01:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Visual effects are based on the principles of all illusions:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.80,0:01:40.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,assumption, things are as we know them;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.48,0:01:44.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,presumption, things will behave as we expect;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.56,0:01:47.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and context in reality,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.05,0:01:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our knowledge of the world as we know it,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.64,0:01:51.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as scale.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.25,0:01:55.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now a fourth factor really becomes an obsession,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.32,0:01:59.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is, never betray the illusion.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.43,0:02:02.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that last point has made visual effects
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.53,0:02:05.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a constant quest for perfection.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.88,0:02:10.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So from the hand-cranked jump cut early days of cinema
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.61,0:02:15.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to last Sunday's Oscar winner, what follows are some steps
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.69,0:02:20.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a few repeats in the evolution of visual effects.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.90,0:02:24.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope you will enjoy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.39,0:02:29.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isabelle: "The filmmaker Georges Méliès
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.35,0:02:33.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was one of the first to realize that
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.72,0:02:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,films had the power
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.36,0:02:38.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to capture dreams."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.93,0:02:42.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music) ["'A Trip to the Moon' (1902)"]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.21,0:02:46.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["2011 Restoration of the Original Hand-Tinted Color"]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.04,0:02:58.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["'2001: A Space Odyssey' (1968)"]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.89,0:03:02.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["Academy Award Winner for Visual Effects"]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.75,0:03:11.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["'Avatar' (2009)"] First doctor: How are you feeling, Jake?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.87,0:03:13.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jake: Hey guys.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.32,0:03:14.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["Academy Award Winner for Visual Effects"]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.32,0:03:17.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Second doctor: Welcome to your new body, Jake.First doctor: Good.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.71,0:03:21.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Second doctor: We're gonna take this nice and easy, Jake.First doctor: Well, do you want to sit up? That's fine.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.03,0:03:22.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Second doctor: And good, just take it nice and slow, Jake.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.94,0:03:26.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, no truncal ataxia, that's good.First doctor: You feeling light-headed or dizzy at all?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.60,0:03:28.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, you're wiggling your toes.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.39,0:03:30.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' (1972)"]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.80,0:03:34.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alice: What's happening to me?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.33,0:03:42.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["'Alice in Wonderland' (2010)"]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.10,0:03:45.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["Academy Award Nominee for Visual Effects"]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.36,0:03:51.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["'The Lost World' (1925)"]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.68,0:03:54.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["Stop Motion Animation"]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.45,0:03:58.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["'Jurassic Park' (1993)"] [Dinosaur roars]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.71,0:04:02.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["CG Animation"]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.03,0:04:05.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["Academy Award Winner for Visual Effects"]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.65,0:04:18.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["'The Smurfs' (2011)"]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.48,0:04:22.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["Autodesk Maya Software - Key Frame Animation"]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.75,0:04:25.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' (2011)"]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.37,0:04:27.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chimpanzee: No! ["Academy Award Nominee for Visual Effects"]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.87,0:04:31.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["'Metropolis' (1927)"]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.33,0:04:48.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.16,0:04:52.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["'Blade Runner' (1982)"]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.44,0:04:57.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["Academy Award Nominee for Visual Effects"]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.23,0:05:02.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["'The Rains Came' (1939)"] Rama Safti: Well, it's all over.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.37,0:05:04.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maharaja: Nothing to worry about, not a thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.31,0:05:07.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,['Academy Award for Special Effects - (First Year of Category)"]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.38,0:05:15.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Explosion)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.93,0:05:21.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["'2012' (2009)"]Governor: It seems to me that the worst is over.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.69,0:05:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["CG Destruction"]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.56,0:05:35.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["'Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King' (2003)"]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.86,0:05:39.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["Massive Software - Crowd Generation"]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.28,0:05:42.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["Academy Award Winner for Visual Effects"]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.97,0:05:46.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["'Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ' (1925)"]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.67,0:05:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["Miniatures and Puppets Bring the Crowd to Life"]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.70,0:05:58.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["'Gladiator' (2000)"]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.09,0:06:01.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["CG Coliseum and Digital Crowds"]
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.91,0:06:05.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["Academy Award Winner for Visual Effects"]
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.13,0:06:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2' (2011)"]
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.44,0:06:14.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["Academy Award Nominee for Visual Effects"]
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.90,0:06:26.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["Produced in conjunction with the Academy's Science and Technology Council."]
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.38,0:06:27.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.45,0:06:30.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["'It is today possible to realize the most impossible and improbable things.' — Georges Méliès"]
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.74,0:06:34.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don Levy: Thank you.