Special Effects [[electronic resource] ] : Still in Search of Wonder

• Autore: Pierson Michele
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Columbia University Press, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (243 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.43/615; 791.43024; 791.43615
• Soggetto topico: Cinematography; Cinematography -- Special effects; History and criticism; Science fiction; Science fiction films; Science fiction films -- History and criticism; Special effects
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-225) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 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 ; An Aesthetics of ScarcityThe Public Life of Numbers; CONCLUSION: The Transnational Matrix of SF; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Designed 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Special Effects
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817432203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Film and Culture Series