Special Effects Character Creator, Stan Winston protégé, and co-owner of Legacy Effects, Shane Mahan, shares his secrets for Script Effects Breakdown for monster movies, including special makeup and creature effects Sequence Design tips.

Beginner Level

048m of duration

Filmmaking

English (auto), Spanish (auto)

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Curriculum

1. Title - 15s

2. Introduction - 7s

3. The Library - 2min

4. Comics - 2min

5. Museum - 2min

6. Beginning the Process - 4min

7. An Investment of Time - 6min

8. Designing the Creature FX Sequence - 1min

9. An Illustration: Wrong Turn Decapitation Sequence - 8min

10. Mary Shelley and The Terminator - 1min

11. On a Masterful Creation - 59s

12. Anne Rice - 8min

13. Claudia's Revenge - 8min

14. Executing FX On Set - 2min

15. Wrap Up - 56s

16. On Stan - 2min

Materials

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FILMS REFERENCED

Wrong Turn
The Terminator
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
Jurassic Park

LITERARY REFERENCES

Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Lost World – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
H.P. Lovecraft
H.G. Wells
Oscar Wilde
Frankenstein – Mary Shelley
Edgar Allan Poe
Bram Stoker
Harry Potter Series – J.K. Rowling
The Twilight Series – Stephanie Meyer
Interview with the Vampire – Anne Rice

COMIC BOOKS REFERENCED

From Hell – Alan Moore
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen – Alan Moore
Hellboy Series – Mike Mignola

Artist BiographyShane Mahan

Academy Award-nominated makeup effects artist, master monster maker, co-founder of Legacy Effects

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