Table of Contents: Special effects :

Main Author:	Pierson, Michele.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Columbia University Press, ©2002.
Series:	Film and culture
Subjects:	Science fiction films > History and criticism. Science fiction. Cinematography > Special effects. Cinematography. Science fiction films. PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Reference. PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
Online Access:	http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=75574

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments; Introduction: Special Effects and the Popular Media; 1. Magic, Science, Art: Before Cinema; Natural Magic; Science Fictions; Scientific American; Millennial Magic; 2. From Cult-Classicism to Technofuturism: Converging on Wired Magazine; The Limits of Convergence; Photon and Stop-Motion Animation; Corporate Futurism/Technofuturism; Home Production; 3. The Wonder Years and Beyond: 1989-1995; On Genre; Reinventing the Cinema of Attractions; Digital Art Effects; Retrofuture/Retrovision; 4. Crafting a Future for CGI; The Case of Editing; Disaster Strikes.
An Aesthetics of ScarcityThe Public Life of Numbers; CONCLUSION: The Transnational Matrix of SF; Notes; Bibliography; Index.