The digitization of cinematic visual effects Hollywood's coming of age /

Venkatasawmy, Rama, 1972-

The digitization of cinematic visual effects Hollywood's coming of age / [electronic resource] : Rama Venkatasawmy. - Lanham : Lexington Books, 2012. - ix, 333 p.

Includes bibliographical references 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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Motion pictures--History--United States--20th century.
Cinematography--Special effects.
Digital cinematography.


Electronic books.

PN1993.5.U6 / V455 2012

791.430973

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