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Entity FX

Entity FX is a visual effects company. The company was founded in Santa Monica, California, and branched out to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in December 2006. It did all of the visual effects for the TV show Smallville from its second season onward. In 2004, the company won a VES Award for the effects it created for a frozen rain sequence in one of Smallville's episodes. Other projects that Entity FX did visual effects for include Spider-Man 2, The Aviator, The Nutty Professor, and Galaxy Quest. Entity FX did the visual effects for the short-lived television show Harper's Island.

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Entity FX is a visual effects company. The company was founded in Santa Monica, California, and branched out to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in December 2006. It did all of the visual effects for the TV show Smallville from its second season onward. In 2004, the company won a VES Award for the effects it created for a frozen rain sequence in one of Smallville's episodes. Other projects that Entity FX did visual effects for include Spider-Man 2, The Aviator, The Nutty Professor, and Galaxy Quest. Entity FX did the visual effects for the short-lived television show Harper's Island.

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  1. date of foundation: 2006 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "2006". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342699604

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