01580cam a2200265 a 4500 20230110151025.0 131117s2013 mdum bq a001 0 eng 2012-034920 0739176218 (cloth : alk. paper) 0739176226 (ebook) 9780739176214 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780739176221 (ebook) (OCoLC)810442330 PN1993.5.U6 V455 2013 Venkatasawmy, Rama, 1972- The digitization of cinematic visual effects : Hollywood's coming of age / Rama Venkatasawmy. Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2013. ix, 333 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index. 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. Cinematography Special effects. Digital cinematography. Motion pictures United States History 20th century. lcc 67130 67130 0 0 lcc 0 0 BEA BEA 2023-01-10 0 0323492 2023-01-10 00:00:00 1 2023-01-10 BK VIRTUAITEM