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Film Example: 'Sunrise' (1927) Description: Technique where live action is combined with painted elements on glass to complete the scene.

Film Example: 'Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan' (1982) Description: The Genesis Effect was the first entirely computer-generated film sequence in cinematic history.

Film Example: 'Monsters, Inc.' (2001) Description: This film featured advances in rendering realistic fur textures, a significant challenges in computer animation.

Film Example: 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King' (2003) Description: Utilization of the MASSIVE software to simulate intelligent behavior in massive digital armies.

Film Example: 'Gravity' (2013) Description: Use of revolutionary visual effects to create photorealistic depictions of space and zero-gravity environments.

Film Example: 'The Enchanted Drawing' (1900) Description: Pioneering use of stop-motion to give the impression of a drawing coming to life.

Film Example: 'Avatar' (2009) Description: Groundbreaking use of performance capture and computer graphics to achieve photorealistic human skin and alien characters.

Film Example: 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' (2012) Description: One of the first major films to be shot at a high frame rate of 48 frames per second, for increased clarity and smoother motion.

Film Example: 'Titanic' (1997) Description: Pioneering use of CGI to realistically create water and ice during the ship's sinking scenes.

Film Example: 'Iron Man' (2008) Description: Use of previsualization techniques to plan complex action scenes and CGI effects before filming.

Film Example: 'The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers' (2002) Description: Gollum was one of the first fully realized characters created through motion capture technology.

Film Example: 'Star Wars' (1977) Description: The technique of precisely repeating camera movements for miniature effects shots.

Film Example: 'The Matrix' (1999) Description: A visual effect that slows down time to such an extent that it appears to be frozen, while the camera moves around the scene at a normal speed.

Film Example: 'Young Sherlock Holmes' (1985) Description: The first film to feature a fully CGI character, which was a knight coming out of a stained glass window.

Film Example: 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' (2008) Description: Use of CGI to make actors look significantly younger, allowing for the portrayal of a character aging in reverse.

Film Example: 'Willow' (1988) Description: This film featured a groundbreaking transformation sequence that used then-novel digital morphing technology.

Film Example: 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?' (2000) Description: The first film to use digital color grading extensively to alter the film’s overall color tone.

Film Example: 'The Great Train Robbery' (1903) Description: Use of painted backdrops to create environments that were not present on the filming location.

Film Example: 'Tron' (1982) Description: Early use of 3D computer graphics to create a digital world inside a computer system.