Special Effects Still in Search of Wonder

Name: Special Effects Still in Search of Wonder
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ISBN: 9780231125628

ISBN-10: 0231125623

ISBN-13: 9780231125628

Edition: 2002

Authors: Michele Pierson

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Moving from an exploration of 19th century popular science and magic to Hollywood science fiction cinema of our time, Pierson examines the history, advancements and connoisseurship of special effects.

Book details

List price: $105.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 5/23/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 0.64" wide x 0.93" long x 0.08" tall
Weight: 1.122
Language: English

Michele Pierson is lecturer in film studies and visual culture at the University of Queensland, Australia.



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Special Effects and the Popular Media



Magic, Science, Art: Before Cinema


Natural Magic


Science Fictions


Scientific American


Millennial Magic



From Cult-Classicism to Technofuturism: Converging on Wired Magazine


The Limits of Convergence


Photon and Stop-Motion Animation


Corporate Futurism/Technofuturism


Home Production



The Wonder Years and Beyond: 1989-1995


On Genre


Reinventing the Cinema of Attractions


Digital Art Effects


Retrofuture/Retrovision



Crafting a Future for CGI


The Case of Editing


Disaster Strikes


An Aesthetics of Scarcity


The Public Life of Numbers


Conclusion: The Transnational Matrix of SF


Notes


Bibliography


Index