Hidden in plain sight : an archaeology of magic and the cinema / Colin Williamson.
Material type: TextSeries: Techniques of the moving imagePublisher: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2015]Description: 1 online resource (xii, 229 pages)Content type:- text
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- 9780813572567
- 0813572568
- 9780813572550
- 081357255X
- Trick cinematography -- History
- Cinematography -- Special effects -- History
- Magic tricks in motion pictures
- Truquage (Cinéma) -- Histoire
- Cinéma -- Effets spéciaux -- Histoire
- Prestidigitation au cinéma
- ART -- Film & Video
- PHOTOGRAPHY -- Techniques -- Cinematography & Videography
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies
- Cinematography -- Special effects
- Magic tricks in motion pictures
- Trick cinematography
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- TR858 .W63 2015eb
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Includes index.
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
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 deception and discovery, and evoke both awe and curiosity. Hidden in Plain Sight shows how, even as they mystify audiences, cinematic illusions also encourage them to learn more about the technologies and techniques behind moving images.
English.
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