Venkatasawmy, Rama,  1972- <br/><br/>
The digitization of cinematic visual effects :  Hollywood's coming of age / 
Rama Venkatasawmy. 
 - Lanham, Md. :  Lexington Books,  2013. 
 - ix, 333 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index. 
<br/><br/>An overview of VFX-intensive filmmaking in 20th century Hollywood cinema -- Defining the object of enquiry -- "Effects" in Hollywood cinema -- Science, technology and Hollywood cinema -- The Hollywood cinema industry's coming of digital age -- Afterword -- Appendices: (A) A time-line of landmark (VFX-intensive) films, techno-scientific innovations, financial and industrial events that have contributed to the evolution of digital VFX in the Hollywood cinema industry up to the 1990s -- (B) Top 100 all-time domestic grosses (2012) -- (C) A basic glossary of analog and digital terminologies and key professions in the Hollywood cinema VFX industry. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0739176218 (cloth : alk. paper) 0739176226 (ebook) 9780739176214 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780739176221 (ebook) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012-034920 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cinematography--Special effects.<br/>Digital cinematography.<br/>Motion pictures--History--United States--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN1993.5.U6  / V455 2013