{"product_id":"spectacular-digital-effects-9780822355885","title":"Spectacular Digital Effects","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eexamines contemporary films, including \u003ci\u003eAvatar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Matrix\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Lord of the Rings\u003c\/i\u003e movies, revealing the films astonishing computer-generated visual effects as central to their narratives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The narrative is engaging, and Whissel's analysis of the effects emblem makes a valuable contribution to the scholarly literature of the field. . . . Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.” -- B. H McMillin * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eSpectacular Digital Effects\u003c\/i\u003e seeks to redeem oft-maligned computer-generated imagery in blockbuster cinema, arguing that the spectacle of digital effects enhances rather than detracts from the narrative. This aim is a much-needed move for balance in the field of media studies, and the conceptual framework, based in the historical study of emblems used in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries, is a new and interesting way to think through digital effects.” -- Laura Felschow * Velvet Light Trap *\u003cbr\u003e“[B]y offering a focused analysis of the allegorical potential of effects sequences, \u003ci\u003eSpectacular Digital Effects\u003c\/i\u003e does more than expand a field that has recently received a great deal of attention in film and media studies. The book makes a valuable contribution to developing a new conversation about the complexities of spectacular effects in the cinema.” -- Colin Williamson * Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television *\u003cbr\u003e\"Whissel’s book is an illuminating study and a reminder that onscreen spectacle can deliver philosophical as well as visceral heft.\" -- Ben Kooyman * Media International Australia *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e 1. The New Verticality 21\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Digital Multitude as Effects Emblem 59\u003cbr\u003e 3. Vital Figures: The Life and Death of Digital Creatures 91\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Morph: Protean Possibility and Algorithmic Control 131\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion 171\u003cbr\u003e Notes 185\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 199\u003cbr\u003e Index 207","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406078976343,"sku":"9780822355885","price":22.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822355885.jpg?v=1730494453","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/spectacular-digital-effects-9780822355885","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}