Essay on Special Effects Simulation in Cinema by Temengua...

There was a period of time in the postmodern world when a considerable number of works being published, broadcasted, or exhibited were demonstrations of humanities’ creative progression and development. A sense of awe and possibility permeated culture, and human beings were inspired to find new arts, new sciences, new voices; however, somewhere along the way the focus on aesthetics, originality, possibility, and intelligence blurred. It seems so anachronistic that, in a world where pluralism, an ability to engage in any culture, is more widely practiced than ever before thanks to technology, mainstream media has become so limited. Such limited depictions of contemporary culture reduce humanity’s ability to identify the constructed nature†¦show more content†¦Chin-Yi Chung states in her essay, â€Å"Hyperreality, the Question of Agency, and the Phenomenon of Reality Television.† that, â€Å"...it is existential banality and the boredom of our own lives that we desire as spectacle†¦.In elevating the banal to spectacle, we are elevating ourselves as media objects.† (Chung 33) Similarly, news media, which one would expect to be a dose of objective reality, follows the same developments as other media. Mark Peace of Aberystwyth University writes, â€Å"This is a telltale sign of construction of reality by news broadcasters in two ways: firstly all the events of the world are obviously not bad (if the news is to be believed, the world is complete hell); the second indicator is the way in which broadcasters structure around the ideological rather than the concrete.†(Peace, n.p.) This further complicates one’s ability to identify the constructed reality that spans the globe. Although some proponents may argue that technological advances in media could lead to a utopian society, substance and critical thinking are rapidly declining because these same advances have reshaped one’s ability to perceive or des ire reality clearly. Filmmaking advanced along side technology, resulting in visual effects so realistic that they have numbed captivated viewers into going beyond a suspension of disbelief. Our ability to look at something that’s so obviously constructed and analyze it as such is diminished significantly. Viewers focus on the the EFX