LEADER 03663nam 2200649 450 001 9910460933103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-231-53527-9 024 7 $a10.7312/turn16352 035 $a(CKB)3710000000346486 035 $a(EBL)1643205 035 $a(OCoLC)902410298 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001421508 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11891740 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001421508 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11423986 035 $a(PQKB)10202385 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001075998 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1643205 035 $a(DE-B1597)458530 035 $a(OCoLC)979628854 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231535274 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1643205 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11022460 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL690199 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000346486 100 $a20150304h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPlastic reality $especial effects, technology, and the emergence of 1970s blockbuster aesthetics /$fJulie A. Turnock 210 1$aNew York, [New York] ;$aChichester, England :$cColumbia University Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (383 p.) 225 1 $aFilm and Culture 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-16353-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tList of Illustrations --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$tPART I. Before 1977 --$t1. Optical Animation --$t2. Before Industrial Light and Magic --$tPART II. Circa 1977 --$t3. The Expanded Blockbuster --$t4. "The Buck Stops at Opticals" --$t5. A More Plastic Reality --$t6. "More Philosophical Grey Matter" --$tPART III. The 1980's and Beyond --$t7. Optical Special Effects into the 1980's --$t8. "Not-too-Realistic" and Intensified Realistic Approaches in the 1980's --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex --$tBack matter 330 $aJulie A. Turnock tracks the use and evolution of special effects in 1970's filmmaking, a development as revolutionary to film as the form's transition to sound in the 1920's. Beginning with the classical studio era's early approaches to special effects, she follows the industry's slow build toward the significant advances of the late 1960's and early 1970's, which set the stage for the groundbreaking achievements of 1977. Turnock analyzes the far-reaching impact of the convincing, absorbing, and seemingly unlimited fantasy environments of that year's iconic films, dedicating a major section of her book to the unparalleled innovations of Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. She then traces these films' technological, cultural, and aesthetic influence into the 1980's in the deployment of optical special effects as well as the "not-too-realistic" and hyper-realistic techniques of traditional stop motion and Showscan. She concludes with a critique of special effects practices in the 2000's and their implications for the future of filmmaking and the production and experience of other visual media. 410 0$aFilm and culture. 606 $aBlockbusters (Motion pictures) 606 $aCinematography$xSpecial effects 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aBlockbusters (Motion pictures) 615 0$aCinematography$xSpecial effects. 676 $a791.43/75 700 $aFilm and Culture Series$01033063 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460933103321 996 $aPlastic reality$92451307 997 $aUNINA