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The way special effects changed overtime was with the help of life sized mechanics, blue screens, stop motions, and time lapse photography. And some people changed special effects such as George Lucas and companies like Pixar, DreamWorks, etc.

The way blue screens, stop motions, and time lapse photography has gotten better over years were because people who made a movie called the "time machine" earned an academy award for special effects using these things. Before in the 1700's, before even cameras were made magicians used techniques to impress their audience. They used a small box with a light source that used transparent slides to project images off of cloths. In the 1800's the first motion picture show was staged. Thirty-two years later sound and color were added when heading into the 20th century.Now during the 20th century computers and all this extra equipment said above are now used to totally change the way effects changed in movies.

George Lucas was one of the first to change special effects with his hit saga Star Wars. He said he wanted to create the impossible in film making. He wanted to pan with a spaceship and at that time that was impossible. He made his own special effects company to complete this hard task for star wars. But after all of what he had done he was successful with his movies. At first George didnt want to be a film maker he wanted to be a race car driver. He was inspired by Joseph Cambells theories from '' The Hero with a Thousand Faces. He read it when he was in college and he was inspired.