POST-PROD PUZZLER - FX Test


crossword by Tiare Widmaier and Myles Mellor , as seen in July-August 2008 MPEG magazine.

Across
1. Blue or green ______, a technology used in shooting special effects.
6. Midnight or blue light.
11. Actor??s assistance.
12. Paul McCartney honorific.
13. Digital camera quality indicator.
14. _________ effects, aka mechanical effects.
16. Not available.
17. All About ___.
19. A ??B? or ??C? storyline.
22. Standard Definition.
23. Romantic couple.
24. School of Audio Engineering.
25. Electronic Funds Transfer.
27. Compass point.
28. 21st century communication medium.
30. Dairy dunkers.
32. Fade to _____.
33. Pivotal ____.
36. 1982 film that was re-released in 2002 with altered special effects and new scenes.
37. Zooming device.
40. A Street___ Named Desire.
43. James Cameron??s huge special effects box office hit.
46. Computer Generated _______.
48. Get into a needed position for the camera.
49. Film backdrop.
50. Spanish affirmative.
52. Soaking area.
53. For that reason.
54. _____ zoom, an in-camera special effect famously used by Alfred Hitchcock in Vertigo.
56. Was sore.
60. Luau lunch option.
61. __- res, a type of file.
62. _____Works, well-known studio now part of Paramount.
63. Not pre-recorded.

FX Test

As summertime is when the studios release their blockbuster-hopeful special effects extravaganzas, it seems only appropriate that special effects would be the theme of this issue??s post-production crossword puzzle. To give you more of an incentive, the solution to the puzzle now will be available online????when this issue is posted to our website, www.editorsguild.com, by mid-July.

Let us know what you think of it.
- Editor

Down
1. Special effects, abbreviated.
2. Costa Rican domain.
3. ____scoping, a visual technique that was used in the main title sequence of Juno.
4. Extended play record, for short.
5. Neither??s partner.
6. Be at the table.
7. Optical ___, a special effects device used in Star Wars and 2001: A Space Odyssey.
8. Did nothing.
9. A wire service.
10. Full of energy.
12. _____ model, a representation of an object that is larger or smaller than actual size.
15. Hollywood??s home.
18. Wolfed down.
19. You??re supposed to do it for the camera.
20. A degree.
21. Last word of a 1993 Steven Spielberg film title that used CGI.
22. ____-motion, an animation technique.
23. __-camera effect, any special effect created solely by using the camera.
26. City on Route 66: Santa __.
29. These are used in special effects filmmaking to combine two or more image elements into a single, final image.
30. ___ Wilson, The Darjeeling Limited star.
31. Visual Effects _______, a prominent trade organization representing the interests of visual effects professionals.
34. South America, abbreviated.
35. Douglas ________, a well-known special effects supervisor for Blade Runner.
37. Entertainment capital of the world, perhaps.
38. ___/Tuck, a popular FX show.
39. A gloomy look.
41. ______ effects: post-production and optical effects.
42. _____ moving, is sometimes referred to as motion tracking.
44. Jodie Foster??s role in Taxi Driver.
45. Baseball great Cobb.
47. You, __ and Dupree.
51. Wedding agreement (two words).
55. Increasingly expensive liquid.
57. __-dependent.
58. Enhanced Definition.
59. __ Group, the most successful seller of Final Cut Pro 4.
60. Afternoon.

Puzzle solution can be found here. No fair peeking!

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