special effects

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special effects

Summary

special effects is a cinematic technique[1]. It draws 1,418 Wikipedia views per month (cinematic_technique category, ranking #4 of 39).[2]

Key Facts

  • special effects's instance of is recorded as cinematic technique[3].
  • special effects is a type of film effect[4].
  • special effects's Commons category is recorded as Special effects[5].
  • special effects's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Special effects[6].
  • special effects's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[7].
  • special effects's different from is recorded as special effect[8].
  • special effects's practiced by is recorded as special effects artist[9].
  • special effects's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[10].

Body

Definition and Type

special effects's instance of is recorded as cinematic technique[3]. It is a type of film effect[4].

Influence

Things named for special effects include Special Effects[11], a film[12], directed by Larry Cohen[13] and ImageFX[14], a digital image model[15].

Why It Matters

special effects draws 1,418 Wikipedia views per month (cinematic_technique category, ranking #4 of 39).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Entities named for it include Special Effects[11], a film[12], directed by Larry Cohen[13] and ImageFX[14], a digital image model[15].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [11] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [14] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [12] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [13] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from special effect
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    Subclass of film effect
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 27728, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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