The Screening Room
SHOW #38
Special FX
On this month's edition of The Screening Room, Myleene Klass tackles giant scorpions, evades the Kraken and flies away on Pegasus the winged horse as we focus on the world of special effects.
We speak to Ray Harryhausen, whose visual trickery laid the foundation for modern effects and served as an inspiration to an entire generation of filmmakers including the likes of James Cameron, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas.
Considered one of the great pioneers of stop-motion animation, Harryhausen is best remembered for his films "Jason and the Argonauts" and the original "Clash of the Titans". Working primarily by himself, Harryhausen crafted the films' animated sequences meticulously one frame at a time.
The 2010 remake of "Clash of the Titans", on the other hand, required a much larger-scale collaboration. We visit one of the key players in the process - the Academy Award winning post-production company Framestore, responsible for some of the film's impressive CGI creatures and talk to the director, cast and crew who loved the original film but wanted to make their own mark on the mythological movie.
Gemma Arterton, Mads Mikkelsen and Holywood's number one action hero Sam Worthington join Myleene Klass in The Screening Room - where movies come to life.
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