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The Saga of Special Effects

Author : Ron Fry
Publisher : Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Saga of Special Effects written by Ron Fry and published by Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall. This book was released on 1977 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike other existing surveys, this book explores the comprehensive impact of the First World War on Imperial Germany by offering a rich portrait of life on the home front: the pervasive effects of 'total war' on wealthy and poor, men and women, young and old, farmers and city-dwellers, Protestants, Catholics, and Jews. Now appearing in a second edition, this accessible book reflects important new scholarship in the field and boasts an expanded and revised bibliography. It is essential reading for all students of German and European history, war and society.

The CG Story

Author : Christopher Finch
Publisher : The Monacelli Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1580933572
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The CG Story written by Christopher Finch and published by The Monacelli Press, LLC. This book was released on 2013-12-03 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Art of Walt Disney author Christopher Finch tells the story of the pioneers of CG films: producer/directors like George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and Ridley Scott; and John Lasseter and Ed Catmull, founders of Pixar. Computer generated imagery, commonly called “CG,” has had as big an impact on the movie industry as the advent of sound or color. Not only has it made possible a new kind of fully animated movie, but it also has revolutionized big-budget, live-action filmmaking. The CG Story is one of determined experimentation and brilliant innovation carried out by a group of gifted, colorful, and competitive young men and women, many of whom would become legendary in the digital world. George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and Ridley Scott embraced the computer to create believable fantasy worlds of a richness that had seldom if ever been realized on screen. Their early efforts helped inspire a revolution in animation, enabled by technical wizardry and led by the founders of Pixar, including John Lasseter and Ed Catmull, who would create the entirely computer-produced worlds of Toy Story and subsequent Pixar films. Meanwhile, directors like James Cameron used the new technology to make hybrid live-action and CG films, including the extraordinary Avatar. Finch covers these and more, giving a full account of today’s most significant CG films.

Cheap Tricks and Class Acts

Author : John Johnson
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786400935
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Cheap Tricks and Class Acts written by John Johnson and published by McFarland. This book was released on 1996 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reveals the behind-the-scenes production secrets of the Hollywood films of the 1950s.

The Digitization of Cinematic Visual Effects

Author : Rama Venkatasawmy
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0739176218
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book The Digitization of Cinematic Visual Effects written by Rama Venkatasawmy and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Digitization of Cinematic Visual Effects: Hollywood's Coming of Age, by Rama Venkatasawmy, analyzes how the Hollywood cinema industry's visual effects applications have not only motivated the expansion of filmmaking praxis, they have also influenced the evolution of viewing pleasures and spectatorship experiences. Following the digitization of their associated technologies, VFX have been responsible for multiplying the strategies of representation and storytelling, as well as extending the range of stories that can potentially be told onscreen. By the same token, the visual standards of the Hollywood film's production and exhibition have been growing in sophistication. On the basis of displaying groundbreaking VFX--immaculately realized through the application of cutting-edge technologies and craftsmanship--and of projecting such a significant degree of visual innovation and originality, certain Hollywood movies have established techno-visual trends and industrial standards for subsequent filmmaking practice. Hollywood cinema's entry into the digital realm is intertwined with the intensification of conglomeratic practices within the movie business, the domain of techno-scientific R&D in filmmaking, and the unification of corporate media, information technology, and entertainment. Hence, the standardization of, and convergence toward, the digital medium is emblematic of Hollywood cinema's techno-industrial evolution in the late twentieth century. Accordingly, this volume identifies various synergies and partnerships--between VFX providers, movie studios, graphic designers, and more--that have emerged from a progressive growth of awareness in Hollywood of the digital medium's potential.

The Visual Effects Producer

Author : Charles Finance
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1136135499
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (361 download)

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Download or read book The Visual Effects Producer written by Charles Finance and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-02-11 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2010. Go behind the scene of the behind the scenes to learn how the business of producing the dazzling visual effects we see in movies and on TV works. With decades of combined VFX production and supervisory experience in Hollywood, the authors share their experience with you, illuminating standard industry practices and tips on:* preproduction planning * scheduling * budgeting* evaluating vendors and the bidding process * effective data management * working on-set, off-set, or overseas * dealing with changes in post-production * legal issues (contracts, insurance, business ethics), and more. Also included are interviews with established, successful Hollywood VFX Producers about their career paths and how they got to where they are now. From pre-production to final delivery, this is your complete guide to visual effects production, providing insight on VFX budgeting and scheduling (with actual forms for your own use) and common production techniques such as motion control, miniatures, and pre-visualization.

Hollyworld

Author : Aida A. Hozic
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801439261
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (392 download)

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Download or read book Hollyworld written by Aida A. Hozic and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hollywood is currently one of the largest and most profitable sectors of the U.S. economy. In just a few decades, it has transformed itself from a dying company town into a merchandising emporium of movies, games, and licensed characters. It is quickly moving even further into cyberspace, virtual reality, and digital imaging. Aida Hozic writes of these enormous changes in the film industry from a novel perspective: by tracing shifts in spatial organization of film production from the enclosed worlds of old Hollywood studios through globally dispersed location shooting to digital production and distribution. Hozic's fascinating tale of latter-day capitalism suggests that the physical reorganization of production--across the American economy, but in Hollywood in particular--alters material and conceptual boundaries between work and leisure, public and private, reality and fantasy. Particular economic regimes and forms of spatial organization have specific moral implications, and so the story of Hollywood's cultural production is partly a story of censorship and moral surveillance. Hozic's account of industrial change in Hollywood, and of its attempts at moral control over the production of fantasy, is an illuminating confrontation with the peculiar nature of Hollywood's political authority and of its complex power.

A Dictionary of Cinema Quotations from Filmmakers and Critics

Author : Stephen M. Ringler
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786437634
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of Cinema Quotations from Filmmakers and Critics written by Stephen M. Ringler and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2008-05-03 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The cinema isn't a slice of life, it's a slice of cake"--Alfred Hitchcock. "If you make a popular movie, you start to think where have I failed?"--Woody Allen. "A film is the world in an hour and a half"--Jean-Luc Godard. "I think you have to be slightly psychopathic to make movies"--David Cronenberg. This compendium contains more than 3,400 quotations from filmmakers and critics discussing their craft. About 1,850 film people are included--Bunuel, Capra, Chaplin, Disney, Fellini, Fitzgerald, Griffith, Kael, Kurasawa, Pathe, Sarris, Schwarzenegger, Spielberg, Waters and Welles among them. The quotations are arranged under 31 topics such as acting, animation, audience, budget, casting, critics, costume design, directing, locations, reviews, screenwriting, special effects and stardom. Indexing by filmmakers (or critics), by film titles and by narrow subjects provides a rich array of points of access.

Special Effects

Author : Richard Rickitt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Special Effects written by Richard Rickitt and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The Reality Effect

Author : Joel Black
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415937214
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (372 download)

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Download or read book The Reality Effect written by Joel Black and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Masters of FX

Author : Ian Failes
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1317540921
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Masters of FX written by Ian Failes and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-02-19 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It would be rare these days to find a film that did not in some way depend on the magic of visual effects, from the raging computer-generated dinosaurs in Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park, to the fantastical worlds of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, and the photoreal tiger and ocean in Ang Lee's Life of Pi. Through interviews with 16 of the leading effects pioneers from around the world (see list below), author Ian Failes explores the making of some of the most memorable film sequences ever produced, showcasing the shift from practical to digital magic with original behind-the-scenes imagery, shot breakdowns, and detailed explanations of some of the secrets behind the making of cinema's most extraordinary creations. Visual effects artists and films discussed include: Dennis Muren (Star Wars: Episodes IV–VI; Terminator 2: Judgment Day; Jurassic Park; A.I. Artificial Intelligence; War of the Worlds) Bill Westenhofer (Babe: Pig in the City; Cats & Dogs; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; The Golden Compass; Life of Pi) Joe Letteri (The Lord of the Rings trilogy; King Kong; Avatar; Planet of the Apes; The Hobbit trilogy) Rob Legato (Apollo 13; Titanic; The Aviator; Hugo) Paul Franklin (Pitch Black; Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight trilogy; Inception; Interstellar) Richard Edlund (Star Wars: Episodes IV–VI; Raiders of the Lost Ark; Ghostbusters; Multiplicity); Edson Williams (X-Men: The Last Stand; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; The Social Network; Captain America films) Karen Goulekas (Godzilla; The Day After Tomorrow; 10,000 BC; Green Lantern); Chris Corbould (Golden Eye; Die Another Day; Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight trilogy; Inception); Ian Hunter (The X-Files; The Dark Knight; The Dark Knight Rises; Inception; Interstellar) John Rosengrant (Terminator films; Jurassic Park; Iron Man films; Real Steel)

Course Notes

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Course Notes written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Media Technologies and Posthuman Intimacy

Author : Jan Stasienko
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1501380524
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Media Technologies and Posthuman Intimacy written by Jan Stasienko and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2021-12-16 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Constructing a theory of intimacy describing processes occurring between a 'human' subject and information creations, Jan Stasienko shows in what way and in what phases that relationship is built and what its nature is. He discusses technologies and genres related to the construction of a new television message (teleprompter, interactive television forms appearing both in the analogue and digital eras), composition of the film image and specificity of cinematic technologies (peep show, hybrid animation, digital visual effects). Also new-media technologies and genres will be discussed (for example, aspects relating to computer games and Web portals making video materials available). This diversity is prompted by the desire to show that the building of intimacy protocols is not the domain of the digital era, and on the other hand, that the posthumanism of media apparatus is a wide-ranging problem, i.e. the area encompasses various vehicles findable throughout various historical periods.

Motion Picture Photography

Author : H. Mario Raimondo-Souto
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786484071
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Motion Picture Photography written by H. Mario Raimondo-Souto and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-11-18 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1891, William Dickson, a researcher at Thomas Edison's firm, developed the Kinetograph, a motion picture camera that used Eastman Kodak's new celluloid film. Almost immediately, an industry was born. The new artistic and technical discipline of motion picture photography matured as the film industry grew. From the beginnings of the movie camera, developments in film production and exhibition have been inextricably linked to the evolution of motion picture photography. This work traces the history of motion picture photography from the late 19th century through the year 1960, when color photography became the accepted standard. Generously illustrated, it covers each decade's cameras, lenses, cameramen, film processing methods, formats, studios, lighting techniques and major cinematographic developments. Each chapter concludes with examples of the decade's outstanding cinematography. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Anticipation

Author : Jonathan Bowen
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595347320
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Anticipation written by Jonathan Bowen and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-04 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1999, the first new Star Wars movie in sixteen years came to theater screens worldwide. Leading up to the release of the film, the hype and media coverage reached epic proportions. The Phantom Menace graced every cover from Vanity Fair to Newsweek to Entertainment Weekly. Fans began camping in line for more than a month in Los Angeles just to be first to see the new film. Anticipation tells the real-life story of a movie that faced expectations unlike those of any other film in history, but had the advantage of years of anticipation and excitement from eager fans and the public. The Phantom Menace deserves a place in film history not only as the most anticipated film ever made, but also for its place as the first film presented to the public with digital projection technology, its status as one of the highest grossing films ever made, and the unbelievable devotion of thousands of fans who demonstrated the great meaning movies can have to people of all ages and social backgrounds.

Twilight: Director's Notebook

Author : Catherine Hardwicke
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 9780316070522
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Twilight: Director's Notebook written by Catherine Hardwicke and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A personal, behind-the-scenes look at the making of the blockbuster film Twilight from groundbreaking director Catherine Hardwicke! This intimate full-color "notebook", designed to replicate the one director Catherine Hardwicke kept on and off the set, takes you through the creative process that went into making Stephenie Meyer's breathtaking novel come alive on screen - from casting to costumes, stunts to story boards. With never-before-seen notes, sketches, and photographs taken directly from the visionary director's personal notebook, this book includes everything from her visual inspirations, to step-by-step breakdowns of action sequences, to a behind the scenes look at some of the most pivotal moments in the creation of the film, and much more. Get the inside story - this collectible notebook will be a must-have addition to every Twilight fan's bookshelf!

Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1914 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by Copyright Office, Library of Congress. This book was released on 1979 with total page 1914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The LEGO Animation Book

Author : David Pagano
Publisher : No Starch Press
ISBN 13 : 159327789X
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book The LEGO Animation Book written by David Pagano and published by No Starch Press. This book was released on 2016-10-16 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered what your LEGO creations would look like on the big screen? The LEGO Animation Book will show you how to bring your models to life with stop-motion animation—no experience required! Follow step-by-step instructions to make your first animation, and then explore the entire filmmaking process, from storyboards to post-production. Along the way, you’ll learn how to: –Create special effects like explosions and flying minifigures –Convey action and emotion with your minifigure actors –Design sets for animation—make three buildings look like an entire city! –Light, frame, and capture consistent photos –Add detail and scope to your films by building in different scales –Build camera dollies and rigs out of LEGO bricks –Choose cameras, software, and other essential animation tools Dive into the world of animation and discover a whole new way to play! For ages 10+