LEADER 02722nam 22005893u 450 001 9910817432203321 005 20240516155924.0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000241361 035 $a(EBL)909197 035 $a(OCoLC)818856865 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC909197 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000241361 100 $a20130418d2005|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 10$aSpecial Effects$b[electronic resource] $eStill in Search of Wonder 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (243 p.) 225 1 $aFilm and Culture Series 225 0$aFilm and culture 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-12563-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [201]-225) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $aAn Aesthetics of ScarcityThe Public Life of Numbers; CONCLUSION: The Transnational Matrix of SF; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aDesigned to trick the eye and stimulate the imagination, special effects have changed the way we look at films and the worlds created in them. Computer-generated imagery (CGI), as seen in Hollywood blockbusters like Star Wars, Terminator 2, Jurassic Pa 410 0$aFilm and Culture Series 606 $aCinematography 606 $aCinematography -- Special effects 606 $aHistory and criticism 606 $aScience fiction 606 $aScience fiction films 606 $aScience fiction films -- History and criticism 606 $aSpecial effects 615 4$aCinematography. 615 4$aCinematography -- Special effects. 615 4$aHistory and criticism. 615 4$aScience fiction. 615 4$aScience fiction films. 615 4$aScience fiction films -- History and criticism. 615 4$aSpecial effects. 676 $a791.43/615 676 $a791.43024 676 $a791.43615 700 $aPierson$b Michele$0777987 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817432203321 996 $aSpecial Effects$94055562 997 $aUNINA