Rolf Giesen

Special Effects Artists

A Worldwide Biographical Dictionary of the Pre-Digital Era with a Filmography

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Throughout the course of film history, artists have used matte painting, stop-motion animation, model photography, process cinematography, in-camera effects, travelling mattes, optical printing and physical and floor effects to entertain audiences. These are the special effects artists in this book. The biographical entries provide career synopses and movie credits, spanning the early years of cinematography through the end of the mechanical age of filmmaking, marked by Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park and its combination of conventional effects and computer-generated images. An extensive filmography, numerous stills, a glossary, a bibliography and index are presented.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 507g
• ISBN-13: 9780786495511
• ISBN-10: 0786495510
• Artikelnr.: 40492009

Autorenporträt

Rolf Giesen, a former visiting professor at the Animation School of the Communication University of China in Beijing, has compiled a special effects collection for Deutsche Kinemathek in Berlin and has co-written several animation features. He is president of the Jilin Animation, Comics and Games Museum in Changchun, China.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Preface     
Introduction     
Glossary     
THE BIOGRAPHIES     
THE FILMOGRAPHY     
Bibliography     
Index