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How Star Wars Changed Cinema

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Mrs.Vieira
U.S History P.2
February 17, 2016
Star Wars: the Film that Changed Cinema
In the beginning the Star Wars universe just an idea inside the mind of George Lucas. Little did he know Star Wars: A New Hope would take form as one of the most well known franchises of all time. The first star wars movie Star Wars: a New Hope was the most important movie in film history because of cinematography, fan culture, and storytelling.
First off the use of special effect in movies was brought to new heights from the in-camera lightsaber effects from the explosion of the death star. Star Wars was the first large scale application of computer motion controlled motion photography. This allowed the filmmaker to to composite multiple elements into one, much like CGI that we see in movies today.Also the use of matte paintings was a major development that led to digital paintings and 3D digital worlds. Matte paintings were painted glass panes that is used to show a landscape or large set piece and are either filmed on set, where they are framed to look like a set piece, or they are combined with live footage in post production. Today Green screens are used much like matte paintings, whereas they add digital backgrounds …show more content…

With films that have grossed around $2 billion dollars at the box office and one of the most dedicated fan bases in all of pop culture, Star Wars is the most powerful film franchise in history because of the possibilities it created. Since the first film hit theaters on May 25, 1977 there has been no turning back; Star Wars is the king of all movie franchises, there is just no way around it. Before Star Wars, sci-fi was seen as a non profitable industry. Star wars showed that more money can be made by selling merchandise then from the actual movie. The thing that made the movie stand out was the world it created, It gave people something to compare

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