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Or how to avoid filmic failure. To depend on spectacular special effects to carry a film is like relying upon a paint job to add horsepower to your Yugo. If you really think about it, most films have fairly good actors, sound, lighting, props or wardrobe. Even student films can have a good look to them. Film crews are typically quite excellent, often only limited by budget or time. Why then are some films world-class master-pieces and others are dogs? It certainly isn't money; it's the story, it's always the story. Often I get asked which films have the best special effects. I answer that my favorite is a humble picture named, "Forest Gump." The reason is simple, all 113 special effects don't call attention to themselves, instead, they move the story forward, so as viewers, we can enjoy the film, by not being pulled in and out of it. Film is a method...

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