TY - BOOK AU - Venkatasawmy,Rama TI - The digitization of cinematic visual effects: Hollywood's coming of age SN - 0739176218 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - PN1993.5.U6 V455 2013 PY - 2013/// CY - Lanham, Md. PB - Lexington Books KW - Cinematography KW - Special effects KW - Digital cinematography KW - Motion pictures KW - United States KW - History KW - 20th century N1 - 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 ER -