Question of the Week: Due 3/27/2009

[The Question of the Week is due on Friday, 3/27/2009 by 5:00 PM. It should be at least 250 words in length. Include two research links that lend support to your answer. ]

Q of A by Tiffany Jones

What do you think of when you hear the words “special effects”? Explosions? Death-defying maneuvers? Flying puppies? You see special effects in movies all the time, and in every possible movie. What about animated movies? Do they have special effects, or no?

Here are some definitions of special effects:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/special+effects

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/special+effects?jss=1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_effects

Special effects are computer generated, but so are animated films. Would it be silly to say that animated films have special effects