Special Effects
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Special Effects

Still in Search of Wonder

Michele Pierson

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Special Effects

Still in Search of Wonder

Michele Pierson

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About This Book

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.

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Publisher
Columbia University Press
Year
2002
ISBN
9780231500807
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Film History & Criticism

Table of contents

  1. Cover 
  2. Half title
  3. Series Page
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents 
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction: Special Effects and the Popular Media
  9. 1. Magic, Science, Art: Before Cinema
  10. 2. From Cult-Classicism to Technofuturism: Converging on Wired Magazine
  11. 3. The Wonder Years and Beyond: 1989–1995
  12. 4. Crafting a Future for CGI
  13. Conclusion: The Transnational Matrix of SF
  14. Notes
  15. Bibliography
  16. Index
Citation styles for Special Effects

APA 6 Citation

Pierson, M. (2002). Special Effects ([edition missing]). Columbia University Press. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/775799/special-effects-pdf (Original work published 2002)

Chicago Citation

Pierson, Michele. (2002) 2002. Special Effects. [Edition missing]. Columbia University Press. https://www.perlego.com/book/775799/special-effects-pdf.

Harvard Citation

Pierson, M. (2002) Special Effects. [edition missing]. Columbia University Press. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/775799/special-effects-pdf (Accessed: 25 September 2021).

MLA 7 Citation

Pierson, Michele. Special Effects. [edition missing]. Columbia University Press, 2002. Web. 25 Sept. 2021.