Digital storytelling : the narrative power of visual effects in film / Shilo T. McClean.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McClean, Shilo T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cinematography--Special effects.

Cinematography.

Digital video.

Digital cinematography.

Motion picture authorship.

Digital storytelling.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (318 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In Digital Storytelling, Shilo McClean shows how digital visual effects can be a tool of storytelling in film, adding narrative power as do sound, color, and "experimental" camera angles - other innovative film technologies that were once criticized for being distractions from the story. It is time, she says, to rethink the function of digital visual effects." "Digital Storytelling is grounded in filmmaking, the scriptwriting process in particular. McClean considers crucial questions about digital visual effects - whether they undermine classical storytelling structure, if they always call attention to themselves, whether their use is limited to certain genres - and looks at contemporary films (including a chapter-long analysis of Steven Spielberg's use of computer-generated effects) and contemporary film theory to find the answers. McClean argues that to consider digital visual effects as simply contributing the "wow" factor underestimates them. They are, she writes, the legitimate inheritors of film storycraft."--Jacket.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The Bastard Spawn: Hollywood Computer-Generated-Effects Movies-Some Introductory Comments; 2 Once upon a Time: Story and Storycraft; 3 I'm Sorry Dave, I'm Afraid I Can't Do That: The Technology of Digital Visual Effects; 4 Trick or Treat: A Framework for the Narrative Uses of Digital Visual Effects in Film; 5 If You Are Falling, Leap: The Hero's Journey; 6 The Teller and the Tale: The "Chinese Whispers" of Adaptation; 7 It Goes Like This: The Relationship between Digital Visual Effects and Genre

8 So Here's the Deal: A Case Study Considering the Influence of Franchise Filmmaking and Its Relationship to Digital Visual Effects9 ET 2 AI: Steven Spielberg; 10 Somewhere over the Rainbow: Imagined Worlds and Visions of the Future Realized through Digital Visual Effects; 11 Byting off More Than You Can Chewbacca: Summary and Conclusions; Appendix A: Genres of Films Featured in Cinefex Magazine; Appendix B: Films, Release Years, and Directors; Notes; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Chapter Ten

Chapter 11Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-262-30419-8

1-280-49907-9

9786613594303

0-262-30418-X

OCLC:

785943644