Plastic Reality - Special Effects, Technology, Emergence of 1970s Blockbuster

Julie A. Turnock tracks the use and evolution of special effects in 1970s filmmaking, a development as revolutionary to film as the form's transition to sound in the 1920s.

Sommario

List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Before 1977 1. Optical Animation: Special Effects Compositing Up to 19772. Before Industrial Light and Magic: The Independent Hollywood Special Effects Business, 1968--1975Part II: Circa 1977: Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind3. The Expanded Blockbuster: The Auteurist Aesthetics of 1970s Special Effects--Driven Filmmaking 4. "The Buck Stops at Opticals": Special Effects Technology on Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind5. A More Plastic Reality: The Design and Conception of Star Wars and West Coast Experimental Filmmaking6. "More Philosopical Grey Matter": The Production and Aesthetic of Close Encounters of the Third KindPart III: The 1980s and Beyond7. Optical Special Effects into the 1980s: A Well-Oiled Machine8. "Not-too-Realistic" and Intensified Realistic Approaches in the 1980s: Traditional Stop Motion and ShowscanConclusion: World-Building and the Legacy of 1970s Special Effects in Contemporary CinemaNotesBibliographyIndex

Info autore

Julie A. Turnock is assistant professor of media and cinema studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana--Champaign.

Riassunto

Julie A. Turnock tracks the use and evolution of special effects in 1970s filmmaking, a development as revolutionary to film as the form’s transition to sound in the 1920s.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Julie A. Turnock, Turnock Julie A.
• Editore: Columbia University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 03.02.2015
• EAN: 9780231163538
• ISBN: 978-0-231-16353-8
• Pagine: 384
• Serie: Film and Culture Series; Film and Culture Series
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Fotografia, cinematografia, video, TV; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electronics / Digital, ART / Film & Video, Film, TV & radio, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, c 1970 to c 1979, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Direction & Production, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Guides & Reviews, Filmmaking and production: technical and background skills