The special effects are gadgets or tools that are normally uses on the set and in postproduction of any audiovisual project to look reality scenes that are not.When you want to show the viewer something that cannot be shot conventionally through visual effects , due to its inaccessibility or non-existence, specific software is used to generate these special effects , such as 3D Studio Max .
Although sometimes these results can be achieved in a “traditional” way, it may be more economically profitable or faster to achieve them through special effects . These effects can be classified into image effects or sound effects . Special effects should not always be thought of as adding spectacularity to our project. In fact, the ideal is that these effects are perfectly integrated into the plot of the project and that the result is as natural as possible.
The appropriate special effects must meet a number of requirements:
- Chronometric precision: something happens at a precise moment, and not at another.
- Naturalness: in most cases it is desired that the viewer is not aware of the use of special effects .
- Economy: when a scene can be obtained with or without special effects, it is necessary to assess whether they provide enough information to be included.
- Make them convincing: The special effects may not be for two fundamental reasons, since they are poorly built, designed or executed, or because they are too little credible for the viewer.
Therefore, and in view of the evident drift that the audiovisual sector is following regarding the special effects , which have been clearly abused in recent times, we must scrupulously study their use following the criteria mentioned above, and attending to those who have already they can be designed and their correct operation is sufficiently proven.
