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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462106303321

Autore

Pierson Michele

Titolo

Special Effects [[electronic resource] ] : Still in Search of Wonder

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Columbia University Press, 2005

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (243 p.)

Collana

Film and Culture Series

Disciplina

791.43/615

791.43024

791.43615

Soggetti

Cinematography

Cinematography -- Special effects

History and criticism

Science fiction

Science fiction films

Science fiction films -- History and criticism

Special effects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Special Effects and the Popular Media; 1. Magic, Science, Art: Before Cinema; Natural Magic; Science Fictions; Scientific American; Millennial Magic; 2. From Cult-Classicism to Technofuturism: Converging on Wired Magazine; The Limits of Convergence; Photon and Stop-Motion Animation; Corporate Futurism/Technofuturism; Home Production; 3. The Wonder Years and Beyond: 1989-1995; On Genre; Reinventing the Cinema of Attractions; Digital Art Effects; Retrofuture/Retrovision; 4. Crafting a Future for CGI; The Case of Editing; Disaster Strikes

An Aesthetics of ScarcityThe Public Life of Numbers; CONCLUSION: The Transnational Matrix of SF; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Designed to trick the eye and stimulate the imagination, special effects have changed the way we look at films and the worlds created in them. Computer-generated imagery (CGI), as seen in Hollywood blockbusters



like Star Wars, Terminator 2, Jurassic Pa