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Editing and Special/Visual Effects: Behind the Silver Screen: A Modern History of Filmmaking
Keil Charlie And Whi
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Description for Editing and Special/Visual Effects: Behind the Silver Screen: A Modern History of Filmmaking
Paperback. Most filmgoers think of editing and special effects as distinct components of the filmmaking process. Yet film editors and visual effects artists have worked hand-in-hand from the dawn of cinema to the present day. Editor(s): Keil, Charlie; Whissel, Kristen. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 colour illustrations in a 8 page plate section and 29 integrated black and white illus. BIC Classification: APFA; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
The expert contributors together trace how the arts of editingand effects have evolved in tandem, starting with the 'trick films'of the early silent era, which astounded audiences by splicingin or editing out key frames, all the way to today's cutting-edgeeffects technologies. Multiple filmmaking techniques are exploredthroughout, from classic Hollywood's rear projection and matteshots to the fast cuts and wall-to-wall CGI of the contemporaryblockbuster. The book introduces readers to the analog and digitaltools used in these crafts, showing the impact of changes in the filmindustry itself.
The expert contributors together trace how the arts of editingand effects have evolved in tandem, starting with the 'trick films'of the early silent era, which astounded audiences by splicingin or editing out key frames, all the way to today's cutting-edgeeffects technologies. Multiple filmmaking techniques are exploredthroughout, from classic Hollywood's rear projection and matteshots to the fast cuts and wall-to-wall CGI of the contemporaryblockbuster. The book introduces readers to the analog and digitaltools used in these crafts, showing the impact of changes in the filmindustry itself.
Product Details
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784536985
SKU
V9781784536985
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About Keil Charlie And Whi
Kristen Whissel is a professor of filmand media at the University of California,Berkeley. She is the author of SpectacularDigital Effects: CGI and ContemporaryCinema and of Picturing AmericanModernity: Traffic, Technology and the SilentCinema. She is guest editor of two specialissues of film Criticism journal, on digitaleffects and on 3D.
Reviews for Editing and Special/Visual Effects: Behind the Silver Screen: A Modern History of Filmmaking
'A much-needed survey of two fundamental cinematic crafts & techniques and their creative challenges. Essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the instrumental impact of technological turns on film history.' - Andre Gaudreault, Universite de Montreal