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Superhero Movies form a special genre of movie making. Based on fantasy and wild dreams of many, the Superhero Movies are nothing but a realization of dream coming true. The history of Superhero Movies dates back to the 1980s when it was a trend to make such movies.
Common Features of Superhero Movies
Most of the Superhero movies are on screen adaptations of popular comic strips. Beginning from Phantom to Mandrake, almost all the Superheroes became popular on the pages of comic strips and news dailies. Hence writing down the screen play for Superhero movies is a cumbersome task. Most of the screenplay writers for Superhero movies have to keep in mind the fact that certain dialogues may sound awkward if projected on screen.
Costume designers on the other hand can have a less cumbersome job in Superhero movies. For most of the Superhero movies are based on popular comic stories. Since most of the comic strips contain well drawn and brightly laid out characters, designing the costumes for the main protagonists is an easy task.
While analyzing the popularity of Superhero movies, most psychologists feel that, every man secretly urges to be like the super hero. Fighting against the evil forces of society and protecting our loved ones have always been the aim of every human being. With Superhero movies, man finds a fantasy refuge deep within the darkness of the movie theater!
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Special effects in Superhero Movies
In order to conduct the super human acts conducted by the super heroes, modern directors make extensive use of animation and graphics. Whether it is the high jumps taken by superman or the acrobatics displayed by Spiderman, most of the Superhero movies obtain a mesmerizing look with the help of graphics.
Most of the super heroes are endowed with special powers and physical prowess, otherwise unachievable by man. Hence the action scenes in the Superhero movies are usually of the extreme kind. Whether it is Superman managing a flight in the Universe or an encounter between Spiderman and Doc Oc, special effects have to be of the best kind!
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The 1978 version of the Superman used huge three bladed fans to create the aerial force necessary for the flight of super man. Cranes, ladders and intelligent use of camera work long with the creation of artificial sets for shooting help create the dream world of the Superhero movies.
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