--- title: Special effects and stunts — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Special effects and stunts», a lesson of the arts course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Some tricks are done on set with models, make-up, rubber suits and careful camera angles; others are added later on computers, like replacing a bi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Arts](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/) / Special effects and stunts # Special effects and stunts Lesson 25 of the arts course of Mova's primary school: 15 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/). - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/1/) — Some tricks are done on set with models, make-up, rubber suits and careful camera angles; others are added later on computers, like replacing a big green wall with a whole city. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/2/) — Dangerous-looking moments are planned for weeks by trained stunt performers and safety teams with padding, airbags and harnesses you never see, and even they sometimes get hurt, so stunts are only ever for professionals, never for copying at home. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/3/) — Once you know how a monster was made, it gets much less scary: watch a behind-the-scenes clip and the beast is a man in a rubber suit having a cup of tea. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/4/) — People say it their own way: in Britain "that's so jokes" means really funny, "mad money" is a huge amount of money, and "don't you dare" from a mum means a firm no. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/6/) — Wires can hold actors up safely, and the wires are removed later by computer. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/7/) — Stunt performers are trained professionals who rehearse with safety teams and hidden safety gear, and they can still get hurt; film stunts must never be copied. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/8/) — A stunt double is a trained stunt performer who stands in for an actor in the dangerous moments. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/9/) — When a creature will be added by computer later, actors look at a tennis ball on a stick or a person in a grey suit so their eyes point the right way. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/10/) — In the 1933 film King Kong the giant gorilla was a small model moved by hand a tiny bit at a time. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/11/) — Film fights are planned so the punches miss; the camera angle, the sound effect and the other actor's reaction make it look like a hit. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/12/) — In black-and-white films, chocolate syrup was used as fake blood because it looked right on screen. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/13/) — Some films use real controlled explosions, handled only by licensed experts with strict safety rules, while others add explosions by computer. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/14/) — To show an actor much younger, films use make-up, a younger actor, or computers, which is called de-ageing; some viewers love it and others say it looks strange, so it is argued. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/15/) — For Titanic in 1997, the filmmakers built a large part of the ship and used models, water tanks and computer effects instead of sinking a real ship. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/16/) — Behind-the-scenes videos show how effects are made, and that can help children feel less scared of film monsters. - ← previous: [Voices, sound and music in films and cartoons](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/24-voices-sound-and-music-in-films-and-cartoons/) - next →: [Age ratings, scary films and choosing what to watch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch/) - ↑ back to [Arts](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/)