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3.0 out of 5 stars Contents, August 4, 2008
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This review is from: Special Effects: Still in Search of Wonder (Paperback)
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: Special Effects and the Popular Media 1

1. Magic, Science, Art: Before Cinema 11
Natural Magic 17
Science Fictions 22
Scientific American 33
Millennial Magic 46

2. From Cult-Classicism to Technofuturism 52
The Limits of Convergence 58
Photon and Stop-Motion Animation 66
Corporate Futurism/Technofuturism 77
Home Production 89

3. The Wonder Years and Beyond: 1989-1995 93
On Genre 101
Reinventing the Cinema of Attractions 118
Digital Art Effects 123
Retrofuture/Retrovision 131

4. Crafting a Future for CGI 137
The Case of Editing 140
Disaster Strikes 145
An Aesthetics of Scarcity 149
The Public Life of Numbers 155

Conclusion: The Transnational Matrix of SF 159
Notes 169
Bibliography 201
Index 227
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Special Effects: Still in Search of Wonder by Michele Pierson (Paperback - July 15, 2002)
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