Spectacular Digital Effects: CGI and Contemporary Cinema

by Kristen Whissel

Book Overview

By developing the concept of the "digital effects emblem," Kristen Whissel contributes a new analytic rubric to cinema studies. An "effects emblem" is a spectacular, computer-generated visual effect that gives stunning expression to a film's key themes. Although they elicit feelings of astonishment and wonder, effects emblems do not interrupt narrative, but are continuous with story and characterization and highlight the narrative stakes of a film...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822355884
• ISBN13: 9780822355885
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"