Special Effects: Still in Search of Wonder

by Michele Pierson

Book Overview

Designed to trick the eye and stimulate the imagination, special effects have changed the way we look at films and the worlds created in them. Computer-generated imagery (CGI), as seen in Hollywood blockbusters like Star Wars, Terminator 2, Jurassic Park, Independence Day, Men in Black, and The Matrix, is just the latest advance in the evolution of special effects. Even as special effects have been marveled at by millions, this is the first investigation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231125631
• ISBN13: 9780231125635
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher