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010 _a2012-034920
020 _a0739176218 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 _a0739176226 (ebook)
020 _a9780739176214 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 _a9780739176221 (ebook)
035 _a(OCoLC)810442330
050 4 _aPN1993.5.U6
_bV455 2013
100 1 _aVenkatasawmy, Rama,
_d1972-
245 1 4 _aThe digitization of cinematic visual effects :
_bHollywood's coming of age /
_cRama Venkatasawmy.
260 _aLanham, Md. :
_bLexington Books,
_c2013.
300 _aix, 333 p. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
505 0 _aAn 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.
650 0 _aCinematography
_xSpecial effects.
650 0 _aDigital cinematography.
650 0 _aMotion pictures
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
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