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Hidden in plain sight : an archaeology of magic and the cinema / Colin Williamson.

LIBRA TR858 .W63 2015
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Williamson, Colin, 1984- author.
Series:
Techniques of the moving image
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Trick cinematography--History.
Trick cinematography.
Cinematography--Special effects--History.
Cinematography.
Magic tricks in motion pictures.
Cinematography--Special effects.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:
xii, 229 pages ; 23 cm.
Place of Publication:
New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2015.
Contents:
Introduction : watching closely
(De)mystifying tricks : the wonder response and the emergence of the cinema
Quicker than the eye : science, cinema, and the question of vision
Second sight : time lapse and the cinema as seer
The enchanted screen : performing the cinema's illusion of life
Digital prestidigitation : the eclipse of the cinema's mechanical magic
Through digital eyes : reanimating early cinema
Conclusion : other obscurities and illuminations.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780813572543
0813572541
9780813572536
0813572533
OCLC:
904227372

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