Special effects : new histories/theories/contexts / 
edited by Dan North, Bob Rehak, Michael S. Duffy. 
 - London :  On behalf of British Film Institute,  2015. 
 - xvi, 283 p. :  ill. ;  24cm. 
<br/><br/>Techniques. Ectoplasm and oil / Ethan de Seife ; Fleshing it out / Lisa Bode ; (Stop)motion control / Andrea Comiskey ; Magic mirrors / Katharina Loew ; Photorealism, nostalgia and style / Barbara Flueckiger --  Bodies. Bleeding synthetic blood / Drew Ayers ; Blackface, Happy feet / Tanine Allison ; Being Georges Méliès / Dan North ; The battlefield for the soul / Stacey Abbott ; Baroque façades / Angela Ndalianis ; Guillermo del Toro's practical and digital nature / Michael S. Duffy --  Screens. Digital 3D, technological autuerism and the rhetoric of cinematic revolution / Chuck Tryon ; Shooting stars / Bob Rehak ; Designed for everyone who looks forward to tomorrow! / Julie Turnock ; The right stuff? / Gregory Zinman ; 'Don't you mean extinct?' / Oliver Gaycken ; Inception's timespaces / Aylish Wood ; Afterword : A conversation with Lev Manovich / Dan North. 
<br/><br/> Gathering established and emerging voices in cinema and media studies, this comprehensive collection of essays examines special effects as objects and practices in multiple historical and theoretical contexts - from the earliest years of cinema, via experimental film and the golden age of Hollywood studios, to our contemporary transmedia landscape 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781844575183 1844575187 9781844575176 1844575179 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cinematography--Special effects.<br/>Cinematography--Special effects--History.<br/>20160300.<br/>Trucos cinematográficos.<br/>Cine$x Técnicas.<br/>Fotografía--Efectos especiales.<br/>Fotografía--Técnicas.<br/>Trucos cinematográficos--Manuales.<br/>Programas de televisión--Efectos especiales--Manuales .<br/>Videos--Efectos especiales--Manuales.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TR  858  / S741 2015 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>778.5345