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The Household Name in Mortgages Tron: 8-10, tonight, Channel 29 My recent phone interview with Peter Anderson and Bob Spetter ostensibly was set up to chat about their state-of-the-arts special effects work in Walt Disney's Tron, but inevitably our conversation got around to the evolution of special effects in general and I couldn't resist asking something I've wondered about for years. Given the degree of sophistication in today's special effects technology, why was Dino DeLauren-tiis 1976 remake of King Kong such a disappointment compared to the 1933 classic? "How do you improve on a Rembrandt," quipped Anderson. "The overall technologies have improved greatly, but the stop-action photography in that particular film and to an even greater degree in Mighty Joe Young was some of the finest ever done. They were truly the high form of that art." And in its own way, say Anderson and Spetter, Tron established a similar benchmark in special effects that will be the source of comparison for years to come. "The flow of technology from each new advancement to the next now allows filmmakers to knock your socks off cheaper and easier than ever before.

That's why Tron was such a departure, because we didn't take the easy way out. Every frame was enlarged an average of 12 times, and animation artists painted out all the information except what they wanted exposed. "Since there are 1,440 frames each minute, you can see the problems that posed, when you're talking about up to 12 passes and 65 exposures for each frame. Each of which had to be hand-colored. We literally had every animation artist in Hollywood, who wasn't committed elsewhere, working on Tron during this period." According to Spetter, the evolution of high-tech special effects probably took its first major step with Stanley Kubrick's 1968 epic 2001: A Space Odyssey.

The next great leap forward came in Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Star Wars, followed by Disney Black Hole and then Tron. "To show you how far we've come in a relatively short time, the special effects that took years to produce in 2001 four of us reproduced them in less than three days for Space Camp. "Even without the Disney family, look at the flow of technology. IT'S YOUR Help is Available 24 HOURS Every Day! Crisis Line Information and Referral Service ESSE DIME MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. For more information call: 305429-3463 BROWARD 305832-4618 PALM BFACH 610 South Federal Highway, Deerfield Beach, FL 3341 1 From the comparatively simple effects in Flubber and The Absent Minded Professor we progressed to the optical rain in Country and the tornado sequence for Something Wicked This Way Comes, which was generated entirely on a sound stage." Although Tron already has played on pay cable, Disney decided to release it in syndication before selling it to one of the networks, as part of a 25-feature package that also 'includes Splash and Mary Poppins.

Asked whether he thought Tron's dazzling special effects lost anything when transferred from the large screen to TV, Anderson said: "The thing that tends to get lost is the detailed information, but the bulk of our film is very graphic. You see a little more depth on the big screen, and the rest plays like a local news promo with all those computerized graphics. Of all the films that are heavy on special effects, this one should probably play the best on a small screen." The films that would have hurt most by the loss of detail, he says, are features like Splash, where so many of the effects were very subtle. "What we've learned is that, in many cases, less is actually more. Where you get in trouble with giving life to otherwise inanimate objects is trying to do too much.

You saw that in E.T. Instead of emphasizing movement, you go for dramatic effect breathing, or the flicking of an eyelid." Anderson said that the most exciting thing about his work is the realization that virtually nothing is impossible anymore. "You can now call us up and say 'We have something impossible to and in all likelihood we'll have the negative ready for you next week." CRISIS LINE NORTH 686-4000 SOUTH 272-1121 GLADES 996-1121 TEL-MED NORTH 686-8333 SOUTH 276-2474 GLADES 996-1128 The Dime Mortgage Company, Inc. is a subsidiary of The Dime Savings Bank of New York FSB. Liri-nsi-d Mortjjajje Broker.

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"We got a standing ovation from more than 2,000 girls," Dameron said. "It was worth my while." Correction The Greater Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival has announced a schedule change for Monday, Nov. 24. Instead of On Valentine's Day, the festival will screen Sleepwalk at 9:30 p.m. in the Main Library, 100 S.

Andrews Fort Lauderdale. The Associated Press WARREN, Mich. Eight boys determined to bolster spirit at their high school never dreamed their first crack at competitive cheer-leading would earn them a trip to Hawaii, a squad member said. "Every time someone sees us, they say it's about time a guy started cheerleading," said Tim Da-meron, 17, co-captain of the De La Salle High School team. "All we get is support from the girls.

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