Kyle A. Davis

Over the many years of the film industry, as technology has allowed filmmakers to do more, special effects – those mystical visual and audial qualities of a film that allow filmmakers to tell stories beyond the bounds of reality – have consistently become more complex. This paper asks if this complexity in special effects can impact a film’s story or themes with any significance.

This paper looks to tie in medium theory and other communication theories in such a way that shows that media not only affect society, but also each other, and in turn, society’s expectations of media.