Throughout the course of film history, artists have used matte painting, stop-motion animation, model photography, process cinematography, in-camera effects, travelling mattes, optical printing and physical and floor effects to entertain audiences. These are the special effects artists in this book.
The biographical entries provide career synopses and movie credits, spanning the early years of cinematography through the end of the mechanical age of filmmaking, marked by Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park and its combination of conventional effects and computer-generated images. An extensive filmography, numerous stills, a glossary, a bibliography and index are presented.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"there is so much information in this book that if you're into the development and history of special effects films, you'll positively swoon"-SF Crowsnest; "Giesen has worked with such noted special effects artists as Albert Whitlock and Roland Emmerich, and now offers this biographical dictionary of cinematic pioneers in this field before the advent of computer-generated images...this book features plenty of black-and-white photographs describing the creations of these masters"-Reference & Research Book News.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Interest Age: From 18 years
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
98 photos, glossary, filmography, notes, bibliography, index
Maße
Höhe: 254 mm
Breite: 178 mm
Dicke: 14 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-7864-9551-1 (9780786495511)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Rolf Giesen, a former visiting professor of animation at the Communication University of China and president of an animation museum in Changchun, China, has compiled a special effects collection for Deutsche Kinemathek in Berlin and has co-written several animation features. He is an expert on early fantasy and science fiction films.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
Glossary
THE BIOGRAPHIES
THE FILMOGRAPHY
Bibliography
Index
