Special Effects - Still in Search of Wonder

Informationen zum Autor Michele Pierson Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Moving from an exploration of 19th century popular science and magic to Hollywood science fiction cinema of our time! this text examines the history! advancements and connoisseurship of special effects. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Special Effects and the Popular MediaMagic! Science! Art: Before CinemaNatural MagicScience Fictions Scientific AmericanMillenial MagicFrom Cult-classicism to Techno-futurism: Converging on Wired magazineThe Limits of Convergence Photon and Stop-motion animationCorporate-futurism/Techno-futurismHome-productionThe Wonder Years and Beyond: 1989-1995On GenreReinventing the Cinema of AttractionsDigital ArtifactsRetro-future/Retro-visionCrafting a Future for CGIThe Case of EditingDisaster StrikesAn Aesthetics of ScarcityThe Public Life of NumbersConclusion: The Transnational Matrix of SF ...

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Michele Pierson
• Edition: Columbia University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 23.05.2002
• EAN: 9780231125628
• ISBN: 978-0-231-12562-8
• Pages: 256
• Thèmes: Film and Culture Series; Film Culture; Film and Culture Series
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Art > Théâtre, ballet; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Informatique, ordinateurs > Applications, programmes