Special Effects

"Special effects" is known as to others SFX, SPFX or FX, they are visual illusions used in films, theatre, television and video games to stimulate the imagined events in a virtual world. Over the years special effects have been growing and improving due to the great technology we have today and the investment into special effects and equipment. One of the greatest well known and most expensive films due to special effects is The Matrix Reloaded (2003), this film is the second movie of the trilogy which was written and directed by the Wachowski Brothers. This film was the highest grossing film from the series, earning in excess of $735 million at the worldwide box office, it is also the most successful R-rated movie in movie history. The most expensive scene of the film shows Neo taking on hundreds of Agent Smiths in a dramatic fight including lots of CGI action, the length of the scene and the variety of special effects needed came to a hefty pric. The scene is 17 minutes long and cost a reported $40 million dollars, which is around 40% of the entire movie budget, the scene also took 27 days to shoot.