Download or read book Secrets of Hollywood Special Effects written by Robert E. McCarthy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1992 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you are a working professional, a performance student or just interested in the techniques behind the effects, Secrets of Hollywood Special Effects provides the insights you've been looking for. This text is the comprehensive guide to special effects.Many different kinds of effects are covered, including chemicals, pyrotechnics, weapons, levitation and weather. Written by a recognized expert in the field, this book contains over 200 illustrations and diagrams providing in depth coverage of every detail. Case studies and a "behind the scenes" look at the 'The Fisher King' are included.
Download or read book Secrets of Hollywood Special Effects written by Robert E. McCarthy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1992 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book The Art of the Hollywood Backdrop written by Richard M. Isackes and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-11 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Once a guarded cinematic secret, this definitive history reveals for the first time the art and craft of Hollywood's hand painted-backdrops, and pays homage to the scenic artists who brought them to the big screen." -- Slipcase.
Download or read book Special Effects written by Dan North and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-25 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As blockbusters employ ever greater numbers of dazzling visual effects and digital illusions, this book explores the material roots and stylistic practices of special effects and their makers. Gathering leading voices in cinema and new media studies, this comprehensive anthology moves beyond questions of spectacle to examine special effects from the earliest years of cinema, via experimental film and the Golden Age of Hollywood, to our contemporary transmedia landscape. Wide-ranging and accessible, this book illuminates and interrogates the vast array of techniques film has used throughout its history to conjure spectacular images, mediate bodies, map worlds and make meanings. Foreword by Scott Bukatman, with an Afterword by Lev Manovich.
Download or read book Behind the Mask written by Mark Salisbury and published by Titan Books (UK). This book was released on 1994 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Special Effects written by Michele Pierson and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving from an exploration of 19th century popular science and magic to Hollywood science fiction cinema of our time, Pierson examines the history, advancements and connoisseurship of special effects.
Download or read book Special Effects written by Robert G. Willard and published by . This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is an educational and resourceful book about making Hollywood style special effects. These are tips on real-time and pyrotechnical special effects. Professionals, hobbyists and students will find working knowledge about creating real-time effects. The books includes many charts, diagrams and photos depicting the craft of special effects. Technical procedures are based on the author's thirty-four years of experience on major motion pictures, as well as knowledge acquired from other masters. Content subjects include discussions on rigging, atmospheric effects, break-a-way gags, pyrotechnics, fire, chemicals and motion picture terminology.
Download or read book Cheap Tricks and Class Acts written by John Johnson and published by McFarland. This book was released on 1996 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reveals the behind-the-scenes production secrets of the Hollywood films of the 1950s.
Download or read book Make Your Own Damn Movie written by Lloyd Kaufman and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lloyd Kaufman, the writer/producer/director of such cult-classic films as The Toxic Avenger, Class of Nuke 'Em High, and Tromeo and Juliet, offers a guide to movie-making unlike any other available anywhere. In 25 years, Kaufman, along with partner Michael Herz, has built Troma Studios up from a company struggling to find its voice in a field crowded with competitors to its current--and legendary--status as a lone survivor, a bastion of true cinematic independence, and the world's greatest collection of camp on film. As entertaining and funny as it is informative and insightful, Make Your Own Damn Movie! places Kaufman's radically low-budget, independent-studio style of filmaking directly in the reader's hands. Thus we learn how to: develop and write a knock-out screenplay; raise funding; find locations and cast actors; hire a crew; obtain equipment, permits, and music rights (all for little or no money); make incredible special effects for $0.79 each; charm, schmooze, and network while on the film-festival circuit; and, finally, make a bad actor act so bad it's actually good. From scriptwriting and directing to financing and marketing, this book is brimming with utterly off-the-wall, decidedly maverick, yet consistently proven advice on how to fully develop one's idea for an independent film.
Download or read book Making Movie Magic written by John Richardson and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2020-01-24 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Richardson is an Oscar-winning special effects supervisor and designer, who has been involved in over 100 movies, including nine James Bond adventures, all eight Harry Potter films, Aliens, Superman, A Bridge Too Far, Straw Dogs, The Omen, Cliffhanger, Far and Away, Willow . . . and many, many more. In creating the magic that flows through these films – by creating huge explosions, beheading people, producing futuristic gadgets, making a man fly or breathing life into creatures that amaze and haunt us – Richardson has come to hold a unique place in cinema history. The son of pioneering FX technician Cliff Richardson, he learned his trade at the feet of a master of the craft. With over five decades of adventures under his belt, and a vast photographic collection of unseen pictures, Richardson now lifts the lid on his exciting and fascinating career of making movie magic.
Download or read book Special Effects written by Richard Rickitt and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning the rich history of movie magic, this completely up-to-date guide to visual trickery is unparalleled in scope, presenting a clearly written, lushly illustrated chronicle of special effects development during ten decades of filmmaking. A must for lovers of movie fantasy, students of film and pop culture, and amateur filmmakers. 350 color and 60 b&w illustrations.
Download or read book What I Really Want to Do on Set in Hollywood written by Brian Dzyak and published by Lone Eagle. This book was released on 2010-05-26 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Go Hollywood—with a complete, insightful look at the biggest jobs on the movie set. What I Really Want to Do on Set in Hollywood is one-stop shopping for anyone who wants to work in film. It's the only behind-the-scenes title that offers a detailed look at the industry explores more than 35 jobs from around the film industry. A must-have for anyone interested in Hollywood.
Download or read book Creating Special Effects for TV andVideo written by Bernard Wilkie and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1996-11-21 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creating Special Effects for TV and Video is a concise and practical introduction to the techniques used in television production. Now completely updated, this third edition covers a wide range of special effects in a simple and practical form, with clear illustrations and photographs that support the text. Creating Special Effects for TV and Video is a concise and practical introduction to the techniques used in television production. Now completely updated, this third edition covers a wide range of special effects in a simple and practical form, with clear illustrations and photographs that support the text. Bernard Wilkie now a freelance consultant, director and writer, spent 25 years creating special effects for BBC TV where he became manager of one of the largest and most specialised visual FX units in the world.
Download or read book Special Effects written by Frances Ridley and published by Crabtree Publishing Company. This book was released on 2009 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Special Effects offers an exciting look at Hollywood special effects magic. See the men and women at work behind your favorite movie monsters, space flights, and car chases. Young readers are given a thrilling look at how these special effects are done, with color photos and engaging text.
Download or read book Special Effects written by Michael Slone and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This full-color book provides simple and effective special effects techniques that can be mastered by the amateur filmmaker. Work smart, play safe, and create interesting special effects that will help a film or video project look like a million bucks.
Download or read book Storyboards Motion In Art written by Mark A. Simon and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2012-12-12 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the most useful tools in the production of any TV show or film is the storyboard, which is the visual blueprint of a project before it is shot. The director's vision is illustrated in the manner of a comic strip and handed on to the crew for purposes of budgeting, design, and communication. Storyboards: Motion in Art 3/e is an in depth look at the production and business of storyboards. Using exercises, real-life examples of working in the entertainment industry, interviews with people in the industry, and sample storyboard drawing, this book will teach you how to : * Develop and Improve your boards * Work with directors * Develop your resume and your portfolio * Market your talent * Create and improve a storyboard using computers Packed full of practical industry information and examples, this book will help the reader improve their skills to either land their first assignment or advance their career.
Download or read book ReAction written by Mark A. Griep and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-08-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ReAction! gives a scientist's and artist's response to the dark and bright sides of chemistry found in 140 films, most of them contemporary Hollywood feature films but also a few documentaries, shorts, silents, and international films. Even though there are some examples of screen chemistry between the actors and of behind-the-scenes special effects, this book is really about the chemistry when it is part of the narrative. It is about the dualities of Dr. Jekyll vs. inventor chemists, the invisible man vs. forensic chemists, chemical weapons vs. classroom chemistry, chemical companies that knowingly pollute the environment vs. altruistic research chemists trying to make the world a better place to live, and, finally, about people who choose to experiment with mind-altering drugs vs. the drug discovery process. Little did Jekyll know when he brought the Hyde formula to his lips that his personality split would provide the central metaphor that would come to describe chemistry in the movies. This book explores the two movie faces of this supposedly neutral science. Watching films with chemical eyes, Dr. Jekyll is recast as a chemist engaged in psychopharmaceutical research but who becomes addicted to his own formula. He is balanced by the often wacky inventor chemists who make their discoveries by trial-and-error.
