To supply the staggering volume of effects required for Independence Day, director Roland Emmerich and producer Dean Devlin chose not to engage a major effects facility,  electing instead  to build an in-house miniatures and pyrotechnic unit, coupled with an independent digital effects unit, dedicated solely to the production.

Article by Tim Prokop

The action finale of Mission: Impossible - created by Industrial Light & Magic - entailed placing a computer generated train and helicopter into digitally altered or created backgrounds, enhanced with elaborate miniature work and pyrotechnics.

Article by Mark Cotta Vaz

For Multiplicity - a comedy about a man who hopes to find time for himself by undergoing a cloning procedure - director Harold Ramis engaged Boss Film Studios to produce four distinct versions of actor Michael Keaton, all of whom had to interact verbally and physically during the course of the film.

Article by Janine Pourroy