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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pierson, Michele.

Series:

Film and Culture Series

Film and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cinematography.

Cinematography--Special effects.

History and criticism.

Science fiction.

Science fiction films.

Science fiction films--History and criticism.

Special effects.

Local Subjects:

Cinematography.

Cinematography--Special effects.

History and criticism.

Science fiction.

Science fiction films.

Science fiction films--History and criticism.

Special effects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, 2005.

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-225) and index.

OCLC:

818856865