which type of effects were used in this film?
Pyrotechnical effects, creature' effects and visual effects
The Fifth Element
pyrotechnical effects, Nick Dudman was placed in charge of 'creature' effects and Mark Stetson headed the visual effects team
who played the girl in the fifth element Milla Jovovich what is the genre of this film? French science fiction action film when was it released? 1997 who directed it? Luc Besson
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The Fifth Element [SEP] Effects
Three different teams handled the three different types of special effects used in the film. Nick Allder was placed in charge of mechanical and pyrotechnical effects, Nick Dudman was placed in charge of 'creature' effects and Mark Stetson headed the visual effects team. Visual effects company Digital Domain was hired, and Karen Goulekas was given the role of digital effects supervisor. Alias, Autodesk Softimage, Arete, Side Effect's Prisms, RenderMan, as well as in-house software, were used by Digital Domain to create effects. Some individual shots used a combination of live action, scale models, computer-generated imagery and particle systems. The lanes of traffic in the scenes in New York City were created with particle systems: Amongst the scale models used for filming were the buildings seen in New York City.