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How CGI has changed over time “how his little (big) shark movie set the mold for a new kind of film” When Jurassic Park was released in 1993, CGI was still largely unproven both in the industry and at the box office. Hollywood was hesitant to gamble on high-tech special effects in the wake of the financial costs and middling returns for of Tron. Film critic J. Hoberman, in his book Film After Film, gives that one movie the dubious distinction of being "credited with (or blamed for) delaying CGI-based cinema for a decade" Two years later, the world witnessed the first CG character in a main role (Casper), more realistic CG-rendered animals (Jumanji), and the first feature-length computer-animated movie (Toy Story). Between 1996 and 1998 special effects films started to create entire cities, armies of creatures and destructive disasters in films like Dragonheart, Independence Day, Twister, Mars Attacks, The Fifth Element, Starship Troopers, Titanic, and Godzilla. It was an exciting time to witness how far CGI's capabilities could be pushed. By 1999—when The Mummy, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, and The Matrix contributed their own technological forward leaps—computer-generated effects weren't assistive moviemaking tools anymore. They were the driving force of entire films. 'Jurassic Park' and 'Jaws' saw their innovations go on to become abused to excess. Considering that "special-effects movie" is now synonymous with summer blockbuster, Spielberg's two films are effectively the parents of modern popular cinema. The two films didn't just change the cinematic landscape; they saw their innovations go on to become abused to excess. Considering that "special-effects movie" is now forever synonymous with summer blockbuster, Spielberg's two films are effectively the parents of modern popular cinema. I found these quotes useful because it really does describe how Spielbergs films have been a evolutionary change within the film history and how it has impacted the modern day films now.




 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6NNQ3VAb3w Avengers behind the scenes clip which shows how they designed new york in the fights scene all made with CGI technology.


 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IXdjxW_1GE This is a clip talking how they changed Joseph Gordon-Levitt face in the film looper to make him look like the younger version of bruce willis using CGI technology.



 http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/04/the-i-jurassic-park-i-period-how-cgi-dinosaurs-transformed-film-forever/274669/ Jurassic Park- how it changed the way we see films because CGI is used for everything and is in every film that is made. It also states that Spielbergs films jurassic park and Jaws was the first films that included CGI and after them, it was used in every film that is out now from hangover to final fantasy.