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Spectacular Digital Effects

Name: Spectacular Digital Effects
Brand: Duke University Press
SKU: 04939728
Price: 118.97 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: Kristen Whissel
ISBN: 9780822355748

Kristen Whissel

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English

Book Hardback

Libristo code: 04939728

Publishers Duke University Press, March 2014

By developing the concept of the "digital effects emblem," Kristen Whissel contributes a new analyti... Full description

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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. Focusing on spectacular digital visual effects in live-action films made between 1989 and 2011, Whissel identifies and examines four effects emblems: the illusion of gravity-defying vertical movement, massive digital multitudes or "swarms," photorealistic digital creatures, and morphing "plasmatic" figures. Across films such as Avatar, The Matrix, The Lord of the Rings movies, Jurassic Park, Titanic, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, these effects emblems heighten the narrative drama by contrasting power with powerlessness, life with death, freedom with constraint, and the individual with the collective.