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Plastic Reality: Special Effects, Technology, a, Turnock Hardcover+=
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- 2015-02-24
- ISBN
- 9780231163521
- EAN
- 9780231163521
- Subject Area
- Art, Body, Mind & Spirit, Philosophy, Performing Arts
- Publication Name
- Plastic Reality : Special Effects, Technology, and the Emergence of 1970s Blockbuster Aesthetics
- Item Length
- 0.9 in
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Subject
- Aesthetics, Ufos & Extraterrestrials, Film / Direction & Production, Film / History & Criticism, Film & Video
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Series
- Film and Culture Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
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- Hardcover
- Language
- English
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- 0.1 in
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- 0.6 in
- Item Weight
- 21.7 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 384 Pages
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Julie A. Turnock tracks the use and evolution of special effects in 1970s filmmaking, a development as revolutionary to film as the form's transition to sound in the 1920s. Beginning with the classical studio era's early approaches to special effects, she follows the industry's slow build toward the significant advances of the late 1960s and early 1970s, which set the stage for the groundbreaking achievements of 1977. Turnock analyzes the far-reaching impact of the convincing, absorbing, and seemingly unlimited fantasy environments of that year's iconic films, dedicating a major section of her book to the unparalleled innovations of Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. She then traces these films' technological, cultural, and aesthetic influence into the 1980s in the deployment of optical special effects as well as the "not-too-realistic" and hyper-realistic techniques of traditional stop motion and Showscan. She concludes with a critique of special effects practices in the 2000s and their implications for the future of filmmaking and the production and experience of other visual media.
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Publisher
Columbia University Press
ISBN-10
0231163525
ISBN-13
9780231163521
eBay Product ID (ePID)
175702974
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Plastic Reality : Special Effects, Technology, and the Emergence of 1970s Blockbuster Aesthetics
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Aesthetics, Ufos & Extraterrestrials, Film / Direction & Production, Film / History & Criticism, Film & Video
Publication Year
2015
Series
Film and Culture Ser.
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Art, Body, Mind & Spirit, Philosophy, Performing Arts
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Item Weight
21.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2014-026529
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Lc Classification Number
Pn1995.9.B598t87
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College Graduate Student
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With consummate research and clear explanations, Turnock shows how the special effects revolution actually took place before CGI and the way the blockbusters of the late sixties and seventies, Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, opened the way to a new concept of cinema's relation to reality and fantasy--and how it relates to the cinema of today., Turnock's contribution is rich at multiple levels... Plastic Reality well merits pride of place within the burgeoning area of special effects study., With consummate research and clear explanations, Turnock shows how the special effects revolution actually took place before CGI and how the way the blockbusters of the late sixties and seventies, Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind , introduced new conceptions of cinema's relation to reality and fantasy--and how it relates to the cinema of today., With consummate research and clear explanations, Turnock shows how the special effects revolution actually took place before CGI and how the way the blockbusters of the late sixties and seventies, Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind , introduced new conceptions of cinema's relation to reality and fantasy-and how it relates to the cinema of today.
Table of Content
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Before 1977 1. Optical Animation: Special Effects Compositing Up to 1977 2. Before Industrial Light and Magic: The Independent Hollywood Special Effects Business, 1968-1975 Part II: Circa 1977: Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind 3. The Expanded Blockbuster: The Auteurist Aesthetics of 1970s Special Effects-Driven Filmmaking 4. "The Buck Stops at Opticals": Special Effects Technology on Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind 5. A More Plastic Reality: The Design and Conception of Star Wars and West Coast Experimental Filmmaking 6. "More Philosopical Grey Matter": The Production and Aesthetic of Close Encounters of the Third Kind Part III: The 1980s and Beyond 7. Optical Special Effects into the 1980s: A Well-Oiled Machine 8. "Not-too-Realistic" and Intensified Realistic Approaches in the 1980s: Traditional Stop Motion and Showscan Conclusion: World-Building and the Legacy of 1970s Special Effects in Contemporary Cinema Notes Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
2015
Dewey Decimal
791.43/75
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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