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Special Effects: Still in Search of Wonder
Contributor(s): Pierson, Michele (Author)
ISBN: 0231125623     ISBN-13: 9780231125628
Publisher: Columbia University Press
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Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: May 2002
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Annotation: 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.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism
- Technology & Engineering | Social Aspects
- Technology & Engineering | Television & Video
Dewey: 791.436
LCCN: 2001055263
Lexile Measure: 1780
Series: Film and Culture
Physical Information: 0.74" H x 6.16" W x 9.22" (1.01 lbs) 256 pages