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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463027703321

Autore

Venkatasawmy Rama <1972->

Titolo

The digitization of cinematic visual effects [[electronic resource] ] : Hollywood's coming of age / / Rama Venkatasawmy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Lexington Books, 2012

ISBN

1-299-14901-4

0-7391-7622-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 p.)

Disciplina

791.430973

Soggetti

Motion pictures - United States - History - 20th century

Cinematography - Special effects

Digital cinematography

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

An overview of VFX-intensive filmmaking in 20th century Hollywood cinema -- Defining the object of enquiry -- "Effects" in Hollywood cinema -- Science, technology and Hollywood cinema -- The Hollywood cinema industry's coming of digital age -- Afterword -- Appendices: (A) A time-line of landmark (VFX-intensive) films, techno-scientific innovations, financial and industrial events that have contributed to the evolution of digital VFX in the Hollywood cinema industry up to the 1990s -- (B) Top 100 all-time domestic grosses (2012) -- (C) A basic glossary of analog and digital terminologies and key professions in the Hollywood cinema VFX industry.

Sommario/riassunto

While many books have addressed visual effects in Hollywood cinema, The Digitization of Cinematic Visual Effects: Hollywood's Coming of Age, by Rama Venkatasawmy, fills an important gap in cinematic analysis and film history by providing a periodization and techno-historical account of visual effects in Hollywood cinema.