UID:
almahu_9949616148802882
Format:
1 online resource (520 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9789048530205
Series Statement:
Cinema and Technology Series
Note:
Cover -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Martin Lefebvre and Marc Furstenau -- Concepts -- 1. Mind(ing) the Gap -- Martin Lefebvre -- 2. Images as Visual Effects -- John Belton -- 3. The Pragmatics of Trucage: Between Feigning and Fiction -- François Jost -- 4. Realism, Illusion, and Special Effects in the Cinema -- Marc Furstenau -- Techniques -- 5. Trick-o-logics 1810/1910: The Magic of Tricks and Special Effects -- Between the Stage and the Screen -- Frank Kessler and Sabine Lenk -- 6. Those Ordinary "Special Effects" -- François Albera -- 7. Black Magic: The "Space Between the Frames" in Cinematic Special Effects -- Donald Crafton -- 8. Photography and the Composite Image, or A Portrait of Méliès as Bergsonian Filmmaker -- Benoît Turquety -- 9. From Trick to Special Effect: Standardization and the Rise of Imperceptible Cinematic Illusions -- Katharina Loew -- 10. Special Effects and Spaces of Communication: A Semio-Pragmatic Approach -- Roger Odin -- 11. Image Capture, or The Control of Special Effects -- Philippe Marion -- Films -- 12. Murnau's Sunrise: In-Camera Effects and Effects Specialists -- Janet Bergstrom -- 13. King Kong, An Open Perspective -- Suzanne Liandrat-Guigues -- 14. Uncanny Visual Effects, Postwar Modernity, and House of Wax 3D -- Kristen Whissel -- 15. Oblivion: Of Time and Special Effects -- Sean Cubitt -- Envoi -- 16. The Effect of Miracles and the Miracle of Effects: Bazin's Faith in Evolution -- Dudley Andrew -- Bibliography -- Index.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Lefebvre, Martin Special Effects on the Screen Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press,c2022
Language:
English
Keywords:
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