Making of the Godzilla Suit!

The complete thirteen minute documentary by Godzilla expert Ed Godziszewski chronicling the evolution of the iconic Godzilla suit for the first Toho movie made in 1954. Numerous rare, behind-the-scenes still images of the Godzilla suit and of Japanese special effects legend Eiji Tsuburaya and his team at work. LINK: Youtube

100 Years of Special Effects

Forgot about a few of these. LINK

Top 50 movie special effects shots

14: King Kong (1933) - Kong wrecks the subway.



This shot, with inserts of screaming citizens removed, is one of the most elaborate in Willis O'Brien's fantasy classic, and a veritable masterpiece not only of animation but of compositing. Every part of the frame is alive with action - check out the strangely loitering gawpers at the windows, stage right. Note also that fleeing crowds pass both in front of and behind Kong. Also notice the animated passengers in the bottom left-hand corner of the frame who succeed in climbing down from the wrecked subway train and flee their furry persecutor. It's a shame no-one thought of the go-motion approach for the first train, which passes in a particularly stiff manner, but that doesn't take away credit for the evident weeks or months of work which went into this one shot. LINK