\n\tSure, with today's advancement in visual effects technology, movie companies are doing a great job at making the public stand in awe with their visual accomplishments. But how do you suppose they managed with more conventional means at their disposal in the past?\n<\/p>\n
\n\tIn this excerpt from Terminator (1984), James Cameron ingeniously uses common tricks and devices, in order to visualize a scene of particular difficulty for the era it was filmed in. A moving background gives the illusion of a car moving, while the car itself remains stationary, as its windshield is being shattered by a pneumatic arm, what's generally considered to be a piston. \n<\/p>\n
\n\tWhat was necessary back then, was to come up with creative ideas that would cover the needs of the action film and make it jaw-dropping as well, but ideas that could not be implemented by computer software. It seems though, that today's films choose to follow two paths: the one that cherishes Computer Generated Imagery to its core, and the one that combines less CGI and more physically created imagery for a more convincing feel and effect. \n<\/p>\n
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\n\tHere's the excerpt from Terminator (1984) (mentioned part is in 14:52)\n<\/p>\n
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