Editing and Special/Visual Effects
Behind the Silver Screen: A Modern History of Filmmaking
Published on 25. August 2016
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-78453-697-8 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
'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 MontrealMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
16 colour illustrations in a 8 page plate section and 29 black and white integrated illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
583 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78453-697-8 (9781784536978)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Charlie Keil | Kristen Whissel
Editing and Special/Visual Effects
Behind the Silver Screen: a Modern History of Filmmaking
E-Book
08/2016
1st Edition
I.B. Tauris
€29.99
Available for download
Persons
Charlie Keil is Principal of Innis Collegeand a professor in the History Departmentof the University of Toronto. His booksinclude Early American Cinema in Transitionand the co-edited collections, AmericanCinema's Transitional Era and AmericanCinema of the 1910s.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.