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Hollywood movie producers spend millions of dollars each film on special effects. Many of the special effects are of natural phenomena, such as storms at sea, volcanoes, and tornados. Gone are the days of boats tied up in pools before giant fans, paddles stirring up the water. Now computer graphics are used to produce everything from dinosaurs to 90-foot waves.
In the movie The Perfect Storm, based on the book by Sebastian Junger, computer specialist John Anderson produced a program that simulates the fluid dynamics of a heaving sea. "The trick is trying to cheat the physics," Anderson says. "If you want a wave to break at a certain time, you have to manipulate it a significant amount of time ahead. You can't just come in and break it right then because it will look like the hand of God just came down and slapped the thing. The 'hand of God' look is to be avoided as much as possible." (Fenella Saunders, "Avoiding the 'Hand of God' Look at the Movies," findarticles.com.)
The disciples, on the other hand, were quite thankful to see the hand of God.
In the movie The Perfect Storm, based on the book by Sebastian Junger, computer specialist John Anderson produced a program that simulates the fluid dynamics of a heaving sea. "The trick is trying to cheat the physics," Anderson says. "If you want a wave to break at a certain time, you have to manipulate it a significant amount of time ahead. You can't just come in and break it right then because it will look like the hand of God just came down and slapped the thing. The 'hand of God' look is to be avoided as much as possible." (Fenella Saunders, "Avoiding the 'Hand of God' Look at the Movies," findarticles.com.)
The disciples, on the other hand, were quite thankful to see the hand of God.
