Special Effects on the Screen - Faking the View from Melies to Motion Capture (Hardcover)

Since the very first days of cinema, audiences have marveled at the special effects imagery presented on movie screens. While long relegated to the margins of film studies, special effects have recently become the object of a burgeoning field of scholarship. With the emergence of a digital cinema, and the development of computerized visual effects, film theorists and historians have been reconsidering the traditional accounts of cinematic representation, recognising the important role of special effects. Understood as a constituent part of the cinema, special effects are a major technical but also aesthetic component of filmmaking and an important part of the experience for the audience. In this volume, new directions are charted for the exploration of this indispensable aspect of the cinematic experience. Each of the essays in this collection offers new insight into the theoretical and historical study of special effects. The contributors address the many aspects of special effects, from a variety of perspectives, considering them as a conceptual problem, recounting the history of specific special effects techniques, and analysing notable effects films.

General

Imprint:	Amsterdam University Press
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Cinema and Technology
Release date:	October 2022
Editors:	Martin Lefebvre • Marc Furstenau
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 37mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	518
ISBN-13:	978-9462980730
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > Film theory & criticism Promotions
LSN:	946298073X
Barcode:	9789462980730

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