The Empire of Effects: Industrial Light and Magic and the Rendering of Realism

by Julie A. Turnock

Book Overview

Finalist, 2024 Marshall McLuhan Outstanding Book Award, Media Ecology Association

How one company created the dominant aesthetic of digital realism.

Just about every major film now comes to us with an assist from digital effects. The results are obvious in superhero fantasies, yet dramas like Roma also rely on computer-generated imagery to enhance the verisimilitude of scenes. But the realism of digital effects...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477328971
• ISBN13: 9781477328972
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"