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More than meets the eye : special effects and the fantastic transmedia franchise /

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From comic book universes crowded with soaring superheroes and shattering skyscrapers to cosmic empires set in far-off galaxies, today's fantasy blockbusters depend on visual effects. Bringing science fiction from the studio to your screen, through film, television, or video games, these specia...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rehak, Bob (Robert John) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2018.
Series:Postmillennial Pop
Subjects:
Cinematography > Special effects.
Motion pictures > Production and direction > United States.
Blockbusters (Motion pictures)
Mass media.
Cinéma > Effets spéciaux.
Cinéma > Production et réalisation > États-Unis.
Superproductions.
Médias.
mass media.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Media & Communications.
Cinematography > Special effects
Mass media
Motion pictures > Production and direction
United States
Digitale Filmtechnik
Filmtrick
Blockbuster
Spezialeffekt
Science-Fiction-Film
Fantastischer Film
USA
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : seeing past the state of the art
  • That which survives : design networks and blueprint culture between fandom and franchise
  • Used universes and immaculate realities : appropriation and authorship in the age of previzualization
  • Chains of evidence : augmented performance before and after the digital
  • Microgenres in migration : special effects and transmedia travel
  • Conclusion : the effects of special effects.