Industrial Light & Magic

Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) is an American Academy Award-winning motion picture visual effects company that was founded in May 1975 by George Lucas. It is a division of the film production company, Lucasfilm, which Lucas founded, and was created when Lucas began production of the film Star Wars. ILM originated in Van Nuys, California, then later moved to San Rafael in 1978, and since 2005 it has been based at the Letterman Digital Arts Center in the Presidio of San Francisco. Lynwen Brennan, who joined the company in 1999, currently serves as ILM's President and General Manager. In 2012, The Walt Disney Company acquired ILM as part of its purchase of Lucasfilm.

Lucas wanted his 1977 film Star Wars to include visual effects that had never been seen on film before. After discovering that the in-house effects department at 20th Century Fox was no longer operational, Lucas approached Douglas Trumbull, famous for the effects on 2001: A Space Odyssey. Trumbull declined as he was already committed to working on Steven Spielberg's film Close Encounters of the Third Kind, but suggested his assistant John Dykstra to Lucas. Dykstra brought together a small team of college students, artists and engineers, and set them up in a warehouse in Van Nuys, California. Lucas named the group Industrial Light & Magic, who became the Special Visual Effects department on Star Wars. Alongside Dykstra, other leading members of the original ILM team were Ken Ralston, Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Joe Johnston, Phil Tippett, Steve Gawley, Lorne Peterson and Paul Huston.

by The Centurion December 28, 2014

Light toucher

a light toucher means someone who you touch on sexually gets flustered or moans softly easily

person 1: woah dude i heard things got heated last night what happened
person 2: oh nothing happened shes just a light toucher

by brusheksidjdnnsnnapenis June 17, 2020

Light Brigade

When you think that god is here to save you but it's actually the KKK giving you a visit

Had such a weird dream, thought the Light Brigade was there to save me

by kennypasta March 23, 2019

Shades of Light in a Transcendent Realm

Sounds like a great theme song. Not as good as Purgatorium though or even Dreamin' Attraction in my opinion! But I think the people at Arcaea made it! Good song 10/10

Roxanne: I like Shades of Light in a Transcendent Realm.
Rachel: Yeah so do I.

by u/welikeReddit1 February 13, 2021

cove lighting

the method of concealed lighting in which lights are tucked inside the coves.

Cove lighting is used on big buildings such as office complexes.

by uttam maharjan July 31, 2012

Green light

At a car stop, green means go. Saying green light means that the plan is a go

Alright, say less it’s green light

by 414L Seb July 25, 2020

Black Light Kids

Think of a Scene kid making babies with a Kandi Kids. They dress brightly, wearing many beaded necklaces and bracelets. Wearing weird, random things -- goggles, ect. Nothing about them is subtle -- big hair, makeup, everything. Many things they wear will shine brightly under UV.
Now, where'd the differences between your average teen who dresses up?
They do it everyday, and they make it look good.
Not just pile on as many layers as you can.

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"We went to a rave last night, and there were some coolio Black Light Kids there"

by Rohh May 29, 2008