genre snakeskin 
The phi phenomenon is the ___MASK55___ of perceiving a series of still images , when viewed in rapid succession , as continuous motion . Max Wertheimer , one of the three founders of Gestalt ___MASK47___ , defined this phenomenon in 1912 . The phi phenomenon and persistence of vision together formed the foundation of Hugo Münsterberg ' s theory of film and are part of the process of motion perception . An audience is a group of people who participate in a show or encounter a work of ___MASK43___ , ___MASK70___ ( in which they are called " readers "), theatre , ___MASK82___ ( in which they are called " listeners "), video games ( in which they are called " players "), or academics in any medium . Audience members participate in different ways in different kinds of ___MASK43___ ; some events invite overt audience participation and others allowing only modest clapping and ___MASK24___ and reception . The Tasman Sea ( Mori : " Te Tai - o - Rehua ") is a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean , situated between Australia and New Zealand . It measures about across and about from north to south . The sea was named after the Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman , who was the first recorded European to encounter New Zealand and Tasmania . The British explorer Captain ___MASK31___ Cook later extensively navigated the Tasman Sea in the 1770s as part of his first voyage of exploration . Demi Gene Guynes (; born November 11 , 1962 ), professionally known as Demi Moore , is an American actress , former songwriter , and model . Moore dropped out of high school at age 16 to pursue an acting career , and appeared in the men ' s ___MASK93___ " Oui " in 1981 . After making her film debut later that year , she appeared on the soap opera " General Hospital " and subsequently gained recognition for her work in " Blame It on Rio " ( 1984 ) and " St . Elmo ' s Fire " ( 1985 ). Her first film to become both a critical and commercial hit was " About Last Night ..." ( 1986 ), which established her as a Hollywood star . Snakeskin is an award - winning New Zealand film directed by Gillian Ashurst and Produced by Vanessa Sheldrick from Cowgirl Productions . The story focuses on Alice ( Melanie Lynskey ) and her best friend Johnny ( Dean O ' Gorman ) , who embark on a road trip across New Zealand . Along the way they pick up a hitch - hiker named Seth ( Boyd Kestner ) , who is on the run from a gang of skinheads ( led by Oliver Driver ) and a group of drug dealers . The film ' s New Zealand cinema release began on 11 October 2001 . The film has never officially been released in the US or the UK , but it has been shown in the U . K . on the ' Movies for men ' TV channel several times . Fiji ((), officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island ___MASK89___ in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand ' s North Island . Its closest neighbours are Vanuatu to the west , New Caledonia to the southwest , New Zealand ' s Kermadec Islands to the southeast , Tonga to the east , the Samoas and France ' s Wallis and Futuna to the northeast , and Tuvalu to the north . Filmmaking ( or in an academic context , film production ) is the process of making a film . Filmmaking involves a number of discrete stages including an initial story , idea , or commission , through screenwriting , casting , ___MASK90___ , sound recording and reproduction , editing , and screening the finished product before an audience that may result in a film release and exhibition . Filmmaking takes place in many places around the world in a range of economic , social , and political contexts , and using a ___MASK58___ of technologies and cinematic techniques . Typically , it involves a large number of people , and can take from a few months to several years to complete . Auckland is a city in the North Island of New Zealand . It is the most populous ___MASK95___ area in the ___MASK89___ . Auckland has a population of , which constitutes percent of New Zealand ' s population . It is part of the wider Auckland Region  the area governed by the Auckland Council  which also includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf , resulting in a total population of . Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world . The Mori language name for Auckland is or , meaning " Tmaki with a hundred lovers ", in ___MASK73___ to the desirability of its fertile land at the hub of waterways in all directions . It has also been called karana , the Mori enunciation of " Auckland ". ___MASK65___ or TV is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting moving images in monochrome ( black - and - white ), or in color , and in two or three dimensions and sound . It can refer to a ___MASK65___ set , a ___MASK65___ program (" TV show "), or the medium of ___MASK65___ transmission . ___MASK65___ is a ___MASK20___ medium , for ___MASK66___ , education , news , and advertising . Ever After ( known in promotional material as Ever After : A Cinderella Story ) is a 1998 American ___MASK81___ drama film inspired by the ___MASK8___ " Cinderella ". It was directed by Andy Tennant , and stars Drew Barrymore , Anjelica Huston and Dougray Scott . The screenplay was written by Tennant , Susannah Grant , and Rick Parks . The original music score was composed by George Fenton . The film ' s closing theme song " Put Your Arms Around Me " is performed by the rock band Texas . Sir Peter Robert Jackson ( born 31 October 1961 ) is a New Zealand film director , screenwriter , film producer . He is best known as the director , writer , and producer of " The Lord of the Rings " trilogy ( 2001  03 ) and " The Hobbit " trilogy ( 2012  14 ), both of which are adapted from the novels of the same name by J . R . R . Tolkien . Other notable films include the critically lauded ___MASK61___ " Heavenly Creatures " ( 1994 ), the mockumentary " Forgotten Silver " ( 1995 ), the ___MASK48___ comedy " The Frighteners " ( 1996 ), the epic monster remake film " King Kong " ( 2005 ), and the supernatural ___MASK61___ film " The Lovely Bones " ( 2009 ). He also produced " District 9 " ( 2009 ), "" ( 2011 ), and the documentary " West of Memphis " ( 2012 ). The Southern Alps ( Mori : K Tiritiri o te Moana ) are a mountain range extending along much of the length of New Zealand ' s South Island , reaching its greatest elevations near the island ' s ___MASK96___ side . The term " Southern Alps " generally refers to the entire range , although separate names are given to many of the smaller ranges that form part of it . ___MASK43___ is a diverse range of human activities in creating visual , auditory or performing artifacts ( artworks ), expressing the author ' s imaginative or technical ___MASK78___ , intended to be appreciated for their beauty or emotional power . In their most general form these activities include the production of works of art , the ___MASK24___ of art , the study of the history of art , and the aesthetic dissemination of art . Heavenly Creatures is a 1994 New Zealand psychological ___MASK44___ directed by Peter Jackson , from a screenplay he co - wrote with his partner , Fran Walsh , about the notorious 1954 Parker  Hulme murder case in Christchurch , New Zealand . The film features Melanie Lynskey and Kate Winslet in their screen debuts with supporting roles by Sarah Peirse , Diana Kent , Clive Merrison , and Simon O ' Connor . The main premise deals with the obsessive relationship between two teenage girls , Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme who murder Parker ' s mother . The events of the film cover the period from their meeting in 1952 to the murder in 1954 . ___MASK57___ is the process of making the illusion of motion and the illusion of change by means of the rapid display of a sequence of images that minimally differ from each other . The illusion  as in motion pictures in general  is thought to rely on the phi phenomenon . Animators are artists who specialize in the creation of ___MASK57___ . ___MASK57___ can be recorded with either analogue media , a flip book , motion picture film , video tape , digital media , including formats with animated GIF , Flash ___MASK57___ , and digital video . To display ___MASK57___ , a digital camera , computer , or projector are used along with new technologies that are produced . In filmmaking , visual effects ( abbreviated VFX ) are the processes by which imagery is created and / or manipulated outside the context of a live ___MASK46___ shot . Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia , is a ___MASK89___ comprising the mainland of the Australian continent , the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands . It is the world ' s sixth - largest ___MASK89___ by total area . The neighbouring countries are Papua New Guinea , Indonesia and East Timor to the north ; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north - east ; and New Zealand to the south - east . Australia ' s capital is Canberra , and its largest urban area is Sydney . Young Hercules was a spin - off series from the ___MASK36___ "". It was aired on Fox Kids Network from September 12 , 1998 to May 12 , 1999 . It lasted 1 season with 50 episodes and starred Ryan Gosling in the title role . The series was based on the ___MASK53___ hero , Hercules . A film , also called a movie , motion picture , theatrical film or photoplay , is a series of still images which , when shown on a screen , creates the illusion of moving images due to the phi phenomenon . This ___MASK55___ causes the audience to perceive continuous motion between separate objects viewed rapidly in succession . The process of filmmaking is both an ___MASK43___ and an industry . A film is created by photographing actual scenes with a motion picture camera ; by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional ___MASK57___ techniques ; by means of CGI and computer ___MASK57___ ; or by a combination of some or all of these techniques and other visual effects . Wellington is the capital city and second most populous ___MASK95___ area of New Zealand , with residents . It is at the south - ___MASK96___ tip of the North Island , between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range . Wellington is the major population centre of the southern North Island and is the administrative centre of the Wellington Region , which also includes the Kapiti Coast and Wairarapa . As the nation ' s capital city , the New Zealand ___MASK2___ and Parliament , Supreme Court and most of the civil service are based in the city . Computer ___MASK57___ is the process used for generating animated images . The more general term computer - generated imagery ( CGI ) encompasses both static scenes and dynamic images , while computer ___MASK57___ " only " refers to the moving images . Modern computer ___MASK57___ usually uses 3D computer graphics , although 2D computer graphics are still used for stylistic , low bandwidth , and faster real - time renderings . Sometimes , the target of the ___MASK57___ is the computer itself , but sometimes film as well . Melanie Jayne Lynskey ( born 16 May 1977 ) is a New Zealand actress . She gained critical attention for her debut role as Pauline Parker in Peter Jackson ' s " Heavenly Creatures " ( 1994 ), followed by supporting roles in the films " Ever After " ( 1998 ) and " Detroit ___MASK51___ City " ( 1999 ). Dean Lance O ' Gorman ( born 1 December 1976 ) is an actor , artist , and photographer from New Zealand . He is known for playing the dwarf Fíli in the " Hobbit " trilogy and for playing Anders in " The Almighty Johnsons ". He is also known for playing Iolaus in Young Hercules . In ___MASK53___ , Iolaus (" Iólaos ") was a Theban divine hero , son of Iphicles and Automedusa . He was famed for being Heracles ' s nephew and for helping with some of his Labors , and also for being one of the Argonauts . Through his daughter Leipephilene , he was considered to have fathered the mythic and historic line of the kings of Corinth , ending with Telestes . Knots Landing is an American prime time ___MASK65___ soap ___MASK77___ that aired on CBS from December 27 , 1979 , to May 13 , 1993 . A spin - off of " Dallas ", it was set in a fictitious coastal suburb of Los Angeles , and centered on the lives of four married couples living in a cul - de - sac , Seaview Circle . By the time of its conclusion , " Knots Landing " had become one of the longest - running primetime dramas on U . S . ___MASK65___ after " Gunsmoke " and " Bonanza ". New Zealand is an island nation in the southwestern Pacific Ocean . The ___MASK89___ geographically comprises two main landmasses  that of the North Island , or Te Ika - a - Mui , and the South Island , or Te Waipounamu  and numerous smaller islands . New Zealand is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and roughly south of the Pacific island areas of New Caledonia , Fiji , and Tonga . Because of its remoteness , it was one of the last lands to be settled by humans . During its long period of isolation , New Zealand developed a distinct biodiversity of animal , fungal and plant life . The ___MASK89___ ' s varied ___MASK3___ and its sharp mountain peaks , such as the Southern Alps , owe much to the tectonic uplift of land and volcanic eruptions . New Zealand ' s capital city is Wellington , while its most populous city is Auckland . Oliver Driver ( born 22 November 1974 ) is a New Zealand actor , director , broadcaster and ___MASK65___ presenter . Boyd Kestner ( born November 23 , 1964 ) is an American actor . Kestner starred in " The Outsiders " ___MASK36___ , and later became well known for his role as Alex Barth in the television drama " Knots Landing ". He also appeared in the 1997 Demi Moore film " G . I . Jane " and " The Art of Murder ", a 1999 Lifetime movie .