Description
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Fresh and intriguing,
Hidden in Plain Sight offers a wealth of fascinating historical information on the myriad ways and contexts in which moving images have evoked experiences of wonder from audiences. Williamson’s interest in the material is infectious." -- Stephen Prince * author of Digital Visual Effects in Cinema: The Seduction of Reality *
"In answering questions that date back at least a century in movie-making, Williamson looks at how movie magic has inspired people to learn more about the techniques and technology behind the images. " * Flicksided *
"Williamson’s superb book is a broadly conceived and thought-provoking reconsideration of the consanguinity of magic and moving images that obliges us to contemplate the special sense of wonder magic induces." -- Matthew Solomon * author of Disappearing Tricks and The Gold Rush *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction: Watching Closely
1 (De)Mystifying Tricks: The Wonder Response and the Emergence of the Cinema
2 Quicker than the Eye: Science, Cinema, and the Question of Vision
3 Second Sight: Time Lapse and the Cinema as Seer
4 The Enchanted Screen: Performing the Cinema’s Illusion of Life
5 Digital Prestidigitation: The Eclipse of the Cinema’s Mechanical Magic
6 Through Digital Eyes: Reanimating Early Cinema
Conclusion: Other Obscurities and Illuminations
Notes
Index
