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1 online resource (231 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Film and culture
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Film and culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-225) and index. |
| 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. |
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An Aesthetics of ScarcityThe Public Life of Numbers; CONCLUSION: The Transnational Matrix of SF; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Science fiction films -- History and criticism.
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Science fiction films. |
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Science fiction.
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Science fiction. |
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Cinematography -- Special effects.
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Cinematography -- Special effects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Pierson, Michele. Special effects. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2002 0231125623 (DLC) 2001055263 (OCoLC)48397478 |
| ISBN |
0231500807 (electronic book) |
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9780231500807 (electronic book) |
| Music No. |
EB00662144 Recorded Books |
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