#2001aspaceodyssey

Wishing the best of luck to this year’s #Oscars nominees! 56 years ago, #2001ASpaceOdyssey received the 1969 Academy Award for Best Special Visual Effects. The ‘floating pen’ effect was achieved by suspending it on thin nylon strands and gluing the pen to an 8ft diameter rotating glass.
Stanley Kubrick19,264 views • 1 year ago

#OnThisDay, 1968: #2001ASpaceOdyssey was released. The 'Stargate' sequence was achieved through the 'slit-scan' technique, pioneered by Visual Effects Supervisor Douglas Trumbull: exposing a frame of film while the camera tracks in towards an aperture shaped like a narrow slit.
Stanley Kubrick13,569 views • 1 year ago
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