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UNINA9910778492703321 |
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Autore |
Thompson Kristin <1950-> |
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Titolo |
The Frodo franchise [[electronic resource] ] : the Lord of the rings and modern Hollywood / / Kristin Thompson |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2007 |
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1-282-35906-1 |
9786612359064 |
0-520-93287-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (431 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Lord of the Rings films - History and criticism |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface and acknowledgments -- Interviews -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Sequel-itis -- Chapter 1. Prudent Aggression -- Chapter 2. Not Your Father's Tolkien -- Chapter 3. Handcrafting a Blockbuster -- Chapter 4. Flying Billboards and FAQs -- Chapter 5. Click to View Trailer -- Chapter 6. Fans on the Margins, Pervy Hobbit Fanciers, and Partygoers -- Chapter 7. Licenses to Print Money -- Chapter 8. Interactive Middle-earth -- Part four. The Lasting Power of the Rings -- Chapter 9. Fantasy Come True -- Chapter 10. Right in Your Own Backyard -- Notes -- Index |
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"Once in a lifetime." The phrase comes up over and over from the people who worked on Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings. The film's seventeen Oscars, record-setting earnings, huge fan base, and hundreds of ancillary products attest to its importance and to the fact that Rings is far more than a film. Its makers seized a crucial moment in Hollywood-the special effects digital revolution plus the rise of "infotainment" and the Internet-to satisfy the trilogy's fans while fostering a huge new international audience. The resulting franchise of franchises has earned billions of dollars to date with no end in sight. Kristin Thompson interviewed seventy-six people to examine the movie's scripting and design and the new technologies deployed to produce the films, video games, and DVDs. She demonstrates the |
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impact Rings had on the companies that made it, on the fantasy genre, on New Zealand, and on independent cinema. In fast-paced, compulsively readable prose, she affirms Jackson's Rings as one the most important films ever made. |
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UNINA9910300113203321 |
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Autore |
Bonnard Bernard |
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Geometric and Numerical Optimal Control : Application to Swimming at Low Reynolds Number and Magnetic Resonance Imaging / / by Bernard Bonnard, Monique Chyba, Jérémy Rouot |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
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[1st ed. 2018.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (XV, 108 p. 47 illus., 40 illus. in color.) |
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SpringerBriefs in Mathematics, , 2191-8198 |
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Calculus of variations |
Neurosciences |
Applied mathematics |
Engineering mathematics |
Mathematical models |
Bioinformatics |
Computational biology |
Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization |
Applications of Mathematics |
Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics |
Computer Appl. in Life Sciences |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1 Historical part - Calculus of variations -- 2 Weak Maximum Principle and Application to Swimming at low Reynolds Number -- 3 Maximum Principle and Application to NMR and MRI -- 4 Conclusion. |
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This book introduces readers to techniques of geometric optimal |
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control as well as the exposure and applicability of adapted numerical schemes. It is based on two real-world applications, which have been the subject of two current academic research programs and motivated by industrial use – the design of micro-swimmers and the contrast problem in medical resonance imaging. The recently developed numerical software has been applied to the cases studies presented here. The book is intended for use at the graduate and Ph.D. level to introduce students from applied mathematics and control engineering to geometric and computational techniques in optimal control. |
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