# Special Effects Artists and Animators > Create special effects or animations using film, video, computers, or other electronic tools and media for use in products, such as computer games, movies, music videos, and commercials. - Code: 27-1014.00 (O*NET-SOC; SOC 2018 27-1014) - Family: [Arts, Design, Media & Sports](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations#family-27), one of its 45 occupations - Tasks: 13 tasks (6 core and 7 supplemental) - Page: https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/27-1014.00 - JSON: https://foundation.org.ai/data/tasks/27-1014.00.json ## What the work is made of 1. Design complex graphics and animation, using independent judgment, creativity, and computer equipment. Core task · Task 6882 · Rated by 62 people who do the job, August 2019 2. Create basic designs, drawings, and illustrations for product labels, cartons, direct mail, or television. Core task · Task 6888 · Rated by 62 people who do the job, August 2019 3. Participate in design and production of multimedia campaigns, handling budgeting and scheduling, and assisting with such responsibilities as production coordination, background design, and progress tracking. Core task · Task 6893 · Rated by 62 people who do the job, August 2019 4. Create two-dimensional and three-dimensional images depicting objects in motion or illustrating a process, using computer animation or modeling programs. Core task · Task 6883 · Rated by 62 people who do the job, August 2019 5. Make objects or characters appear lifelike by manipulating light, color, texture, shadow, and transparency, or manipulating static images to give the illusion of motion. Core task · Task 6884 · Rated by 62 people who do the job, August 2019 6. Apply story development, directing, cinematography, and editing to animation to create storyboards that show the flow of the animation and map out key scenes and characters. Core task · Task 6886 · Rated by 61 people who do the job, August 2019 7. Implement and maintain configuration control systems. Supplemental task · Task 6895 · Rated by 62 people who do the job, August 2019 8. Script, plan, and create animated narrative sequences under tight deadlines, using computer software and hand drawing techniques. Supplemental task · Task 6887 · Rated by 62 people who do the job, August 2019 9. Develop briefings, brochures, multimedia presentations, web pages, promotional products, technical illustrations, and computer artwork for use in products, technical manuals, literature, newsletters, and slide shows. Supplemental task · Task 6890 · Rated by 60 people who do the job, August 2019 10. Assemble, typeset, scan, and produce digital camera-ready art or film negatives and printer's proofs. Supplemental task · Task 6885 · Rated by 63 people who do the job, August 2019 11. Convert real objects to animated objects through modeling, using techniques such as optical scanning. Supplemental task · Task 6894 · Rated by 62 people who do the job, August 2019 12. Create pen-and-paper images to be scanned, edited, colored, textured, or animated by computer. Supplemental task · Task 6889 · Rated by 63 people who do the job, August 2019 13. Use models to simulate the behavior of animated objects in the finished sequence. 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