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Synthetic Cinema: The 21st-Century Movie Machine 2019 Edition
Contributor(s): Dixon, Wheeler Winston (Author)
ISBN: 303012570X     ISBN-13: 9783030125707
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
OUR PRICE:   $56.99  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: February 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Film - Direction & Production
- Social Science | Popular Culture
- Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
Dewey: 306
Physical Information: 0.31" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.60 lbs) 91 pages
 
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In this book, Wheeler Winston Dixon argues that 21st-century mainstream filmmaking is increasingly and troublingly dominated by "synthetic cinema." He details how movies over the last two decades have fundamentally abandoned traditional filmmaking values through the overwhelming use of computer generated imagery, digital touch ups for the actors, and extensive use of green screen technology that replace sets and location shooting.

Combined with the shift to digital cinematography, as well as the rise of comic book and franchise cinema, the temptation to augment movies with lavish, computer generated spectacle has proven irresistible to both directors and audiences, to the point that, Dixon argues, 21st-century commercial cinema is so far removed from the real world that it has created a new era of flawless, fake movies.