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Author : John Culhane
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Cinematography
ISBN : UCSC:32106005252132
Author : Patricia D. Netzley
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015066783245
Review: "A unique resource detailing the developments and use of special effects in the American movie industry, this title is well indexed and illustrated with 366 entries. It covers Academy Award-winning special effects movies, groundbreaking techniques, equipment, and devices, special effects houses, and pivotal figures in mechanical and visual special effects, makeup, creature design, directing, and stunt work."--"Outstanding Reference Sources," American Libraries, May 2001.
Author : John Brosnan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Photography
ISBN : UCSD:31822011497229
Author : Sara Green
Publisher : Bellwether Media
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781681035901
The action of the big screen--car crashes, torrential rainfall, ships sinking--is the work of special effects! Directors and crews use anything they can to create a real and captivating experience. Enormous models, airplane engines, controlled fires, and much more create the excitement we all crave! Young readers will marvel over this behind-the-scenes look at how movies are made.
Author : Christopher Finch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : UOM:39015010377946
Author : Stephen Prince
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011-12-07
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780813552187
Avatar. Inception. Jurassic Park. Lord of the Rings. Ratatouille. Not only are these some of the highest-grossing films of all time, they are also prime examples of how digital visual effects have transformed Hollywood filmmaking. Some critics, however, fear that this digital revolution marks a radical break with cinematic tradition, heralding the death of serious realistic movies in favor of computer-generated pure spectacle. Digital Visual Effects in Cinema counters this alarmist reading, by showing how digital effects–driven films should be understood as a continuation of the narrative and stylistic traditions that have defined American cinema for decades. Stephen Prince argues for an understanding of digital technologies as an expanded toolbox, available to enhance both realist films and cinematic fantasies. He offers a detailed exploration of each of these tools, from lighting technologies to image capture to stereoscopic 3D. Integrating aesthetic, historical, and theoretical analyses of digital visual effects, Digital Visual Effects in Cinema is an essential guide for understanding movie-making today.
Author : John Culhane
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Photography
ISBN : 0345345363
Author : Michele Pierson
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2002-05-23
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780231500807
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 Park, Independence Day, Men in Black, and The Matrix, is just the latest advance in the evolution of special effects. Even as special effects have been marveled at by millions, this is the first investigation of their broader cultural reception. Moving from an exploration of nineteenth-century popular science and magic to the Hollywood science fiction cinema of our time, Special Effects examines the history, advancements, and connoisseurship of special effects, asking what makes certain types of cinematic effects special, why this matters, and for whom. Michele Pierson shows how popular science magazines, genre filmzines, and computer lifestyle magazines have articulated an aesthetic criticism of this emerging art form and have helped shape how these hugely popular on-screen technological wonders have been viewed by moviegoers.
Author : Richard Rickitt
Publisher : Virgin Books Limited
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Cinematography
ISBN : 1852278005
We've all sat spellbound in our seats at the cinema and thought, How did they do that? as another stunning special effect unfolds in front of us. These effects are the product of a whole range of movie-making techniques and visual trickery that make us believe in the exploding spaceships in Star Wars or talking animals in Babe.
Author : Jeff Rovin
Publisher : South Brunswick [N.J.] : A. S. Barnes
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Cinematographers
ISBN : UCSD:31822015460736
Author : John Richardson
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780750994392
John Richardson is an Oscar-winning special effects supervisor and designer, who has been involved in over 100 movies, including nine James Bond adventures, all eight Harry Potter films, Aliens, Superman, A Bridge Too Far, Straw Dogs, The Omen, Cliffhanger, Far and Away, Willow . . . and many, many more. In creating the magic that flows through these films – by creating huge explosions, beheading people, producing futuristic gadgets, making a man fly or breathing life into creatures that amaze and haunt us – Richardson has come to hold a unique place in cinema history. The son of pioneering FX technician Cliff Richardson, he learned his trade at the feet of a master of the craft. With over five decades of adventures under his belt, and a vast photographic collection of unseen pictures, Richardson now lifts the lid on his exciting and fascinating career of making movie magic.
Author : Shilo T. McClean
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2008-09-26
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780262304191
How digital visual effects in film can be used to support storytelling: a guide for scriptwriters and students. Computer-generated effects are often blamed for bad Hollywood movies. Yet when a critic complains that "technology swamps storytelling" (in a review of Van Helsing, calling it "an example of everything that is wrong with Hollywood computer-generated effects movies"), it says more about the weakness of the story than the strength of the technology. 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. Effects artists say—contrary to the critics—that effects always derive from story. Digital effects are a part of production, not post-production; they are becoming part of the story development process. 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.
Author : Ron Miller
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0761329188
Looks at the history of the special effects industry from silent films to the use of current technologies, providing insight into how various special effects are created and used.
Author : Richard Rickitt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : PSU:000055159142
Spanning the rich history of movie magic, this completely up-to-date guide to visual trickery is unparalleled in scope, presenting a clearly written, lushly illustrated chronicle of special effects development during ten decades of filmmaking. A must for lovers of movie fantasy, students of film and pop culture, and amateur filmmakers. 350 color and 60 b&w illustrations.
Author : Mitch Mitchell
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-31
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781136054655
* An invaluable insight into the use of visual effects in film and television * Fully illustrated with diagrams to show you step-by-step techniques * Covers visual effects processes from front-of-camera to post-production * Integrated approach to film, video and digital techniques * Redefines the rules of photography so that they can be broken for effects * Shows the line of development from the oldest to the newest processes * A must for cinematographers, editors, designers and students of VFX alike * Everything you need to know to plan and supervise visual effects shots * Essential reading for anyone working in commercials/advertising photography or effects Written by an experienced professional, this manual is the essential guide to understanding the principles and background of modern visual effects. Visual effects are at the forefront of a digital revolution in the film and video industry and are becoming more and more important to movie language. This book teaches the practical techniques and skills required to incorporate effects successfully into both film and television production.