SFX n.
special effects
SF Criticism
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1973 Television Mail 12 Jan. 12/2
The programme is set in a space/time ship and incorporates much chroma key (or C.S.O. as the Beeb in their wisdom call it) and assorted SFX (special effects).
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1981 SF-lovers Digest (Electronic text) 26 June
It was the general conclusion of the solstice party that his best was Jason and the Argonauts or possibly The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (better plot, sfx not as spectacular).
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1985 Todayโs Computers May 90/1
In the vast realms of the science fiction film, a great deal, if not most, of the film makerโs emphasis is on special effects, or SFX.
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2005 Vanity Fair May 119/3
Starry or starless, Vegasโs tech-heavy sfx extravaganzas and phantasmagorias make comics roaming a bare stage look so last-century.
Research requirements
antedating 1973
Earliest cite
in _Television Mail_ (British trade newspaper)
Research History
Bill Mullins submitted a 1973 cite from the British trade newspaper _Television Mail_Added to the OED3 in March 2003.
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