The empire of effects : industrial light & magic and the rendering of realism

The empire of effects : industrial light & magic and the rendering of realism / Julie A. Turnock.

"Just about every major film now comes to us with an assist from digital effects. The results are obvious in superhero fantasies, yet dramas like Roma also rely on computer-generated imagery to enhance the verisimilitude of scenes. But the realism of digital effects is not actually true to life...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Turnock, Julie A. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Industrial Light and Magic (Studio) > History.
Industrial Light and Magic (Studio)
Cinematography > Special effects > History.
Digital cinematography > History.
Computer animation > History.
Realism in motion pictures > History.
Motion pictures > Aesthetics > History.
Motion picture industry > History.
PERFORMING ARTS / General
Cinematography > Special effects
Computer animation
Digital cinematography
Motion picture industry
Motion pictures > Aesthetics
Realism in motion pictures
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The ILM version
  • ILM versus everybody else: effects houses in the digital age
  • Perfect imperfection: ILM's effects aesthetics
  • Retconning CGI innovation: ILM's rhetorical dominance of effects history
  • Monsters are real: ILM's international standard of effects realism in the global marketplace
  • That analog feeling: Disney, Marvel Studios, and the ILM aesthetic
  • Conclusion: Unreal engine: ILM in a Disney world.

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