Hidden in Plain Sight : An Archaeology of Magic and the Cinema /

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What does it mean to describe cinematic effects as "movie magic," or to say that the cinema is all a "trick"? To answer these questions, Colin Williamson situates the cinema within a long tradition of magical practices and devices of wonder that combine art and science, involve d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Williamson, Colin, 1984- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Trick cinematography.
Magic tricks in motion pictures.
Cinematography > Special effects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
PHOTOGRAPHY > Techniques > Cinematography & Videography.
ART > Film & Video.
Prestidigitation au cinema.
Cinema > Effets speciaux > Histoire.
Truquage (Cinema) > Histoire.
Cinematography > Special effects > History.
Trick cinematography > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: watching closely
  • (De)mystifying tricks: the wonder response and the emergence of the cinema
  • Quicker than the eye: science, cinema, and the question of vision
  • Second sight: the cinema as seer
  • The enchanted screen: performing the cinema's illusion of life
  • Digital prestidigitation: the eclipse of the cinema's mechanical magic
  • Through digital eyes: reanimating early cinema
  • Conclusion: other obscurities and illuminations.

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