The International Journal of Film and Video Production December 1989 Vol. 70 Techniques No. 12 Features Shrinking Kids Meet Giant Grass Blades Narita's camera dares dimension, language barriers Back to the Future Becomes Cundey and Zemeckis team up a Series for wild journey Astonishing Effects Slate for Future Tales ILM crew waves many magic wands 58 Batman Voodoo 66 Effects Maestros Put Buckle in Mostly From Britain Meddings/Furst collaboration works Tunnel crash, Indy's Swash plane chases, vanishing bridge 76 Gantry Secet Weapon for The Abyss New specialties for motion control photography 82 Busting Ghosts-Job That Keeps Returning Effects guarantee team s New York success 90 Poppin' Fresh and Green Giant Are Born Effects popularized commercials from start 97 Film Stock Tests: Fuji (Second in Series) Departments 10 Letters 12 The Bookshelf 16 What's New 102 VideoGram 103 Classifieds 108 Ad Index 109 1989 114 In Memoriam 115 From the Clubhouse 116 The Last Magazine Index Page On Our Cover: The famous DeLorean from Back to the Future, Part II travels through time. (Composite made at ILM) Contributing Authors: Marc Schiller Ron Magid Nora Lee Brooke Comer Karl Herrmann