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Venkatasawmy Rama <1972-> |
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The digitization of cinematic visual effects [[electronic resource] ] : Hollywood's coming of age / / Rama Venkatasawmy |
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Lanham, : Lexington Books, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-299-14901-4 |
0-7391-7622-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (345 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Motion pictures - United States - History - 20th century |
Cinematography - Special effects |
Digital cinematography |
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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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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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