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特效揭秘――好莱坞障眼大法年初的时候，《特效化妆师大对决》（Face Off）让Wendy看得欲罢不能――虽然这档真人秀节目延续了传统的每周淘汰模式，但看着普通人在化妆师手下变成僵尸、半兽人或者邪恶反派，真是让人大呼过瘾。从宏大壮美的魔幻景色到血肉模糊的可怕伤口，我们在影视作品中看到的一景一物都离不开特效技师的妙手生花，尤其在数码技术日新月异的今天，只有想不到，没有做不到！ The Magic Before Computer You want movie magic? Look at Doctor Zhivago. The Russian Revolution―hot passion in a very cold place. Cathy Whitlock (Author): I can remember seeing that film years ago and freezing in the theater. You just felt the coldness of that whole set. Production designer John Box had to create an ice palace. An onion-1)domed love nest was built. Then Box and his crew made it icy. Whitlock: They would 2)literally 3)spray all the architecture, the 4)chandeliers, the 5)interior furniture with hot wax, and then they?d pour cold water on it to create that ice effect. Then there?s the poor, starved Civil War horse pulling Scarlett O?Hara?s 6)wagon in Gone with the Wind. Whitlock: And they had to find a new horse because the original one that was supposedly thin had gained weight and his ribs were no longer visible. So they had to paint dark shadows to make the horse look 7)gaunt. They burned Atlanta in Gone with the Wind―or, to recreate the burning of Atlanta, they burned 8)leftover sets from King Kong and The Garden of Allah on a 9)lot in Culver City. It is said the flames were 500 feet high sometimes, and Culver City 10)residents kept phoning local police and fire stations in great alarm. A Trip to Legacy Effects John Rosengrant (Legacy Effects): There’re some pieces from Terminator Salvation, and this big guy over here is the Iron Monger from Iron Man. John Rosengrant worked for the late special effects pioneer Stan Winston―Jurassic Park, Aliens―for 25 years. The 11)craft goes on at Rosengrant’s company, Legacy Effects, where a big workroom is lined with 12)specialty 13)props from major action 14)thrillers. Some outfits look like Transformers on 15)steroids, pieces created by dozens and dozens of 16)artisans. Rosengrant: 17)