LEADER 00000cam 2200589 i 4500 001 889941119 003 OCoLC 005 20150831231348.0 008 140902s2015 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 2014026529 015 GBB4B4398|2bnb 016 7 016891627|2Uk 019 863195461|a863199794|a863199823 020 9780231163521 (cloth : alk. paper) 020 0231163525 (cloth : alk. paper) 020 9780231163538 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 0231163533 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 |z9780231535274 (ebook) 040 DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dYDX|dYDXCP|dBTCTA|dBDX|dUKMGB|dCDX |dXII|dOCLCF|dSTF|dZCU|dPUL|dVFL 042 pcc 049 CUYL 050 00 PN1995.9.B598|bT87 2014 082 00 791.43/75|223 100 1 Turnock, Julie A.,|eauthor. 245 10 Plastic reality :|bspecial effects, technology, and the emergence of 1970s blockbuster aesthetics /|cJulie A. Turnock. 264 1 New York :|bColumbia University Press,|c[2015] 300 xiii, 362 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm. 336 text|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|2rdamedia 338 volume|2rdacarrier 490 1 Film and culture 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-344) and index. 505 0 Optical animation : special effects compositing up to 1977 -- Before industrial light and magic : the independent Hollywood special effects business, 1968-1975 -- The expanded blockbuster : the auteurist aesthetics of 1970s special effects-driven filmmaking -- "The buck stops at opticals" : special effects technology on Star wars and Close encounters of the third kind -- A more plastic reality : the design and conception of Star wars and West Coast experimental filmmaking -- "More philosopical grey matter" : the production and aesthetic of Close encounters of the third kind -- Optical special effects into the 1980s : a well-oiled machine -- "Not-too-realistic" and intensified realistic approaches in the 1980s : traditional stop motion and showscan -- Conclusion: World- building and the legacy of 1970s special effects in contemporary cinema. 520 "Julie A. Turnock tracks the use and evolution of special effects in 1970s filmmaking, a development as revolutionary to film as the form's transition to sound in the 1920s. Beginning with the classical studio era's early approaches to special effects, she follows the industry's slow build toward the significant advances of the late 1960s and early 1970s, which set the stage for the groundbreaking achievements of 1977. Turnock analyzes the far-reaching impact of the convincing, absorbing, and seemingly unlimited fantasy environments of that year's iconic films, dedicating a major section of her book to the unparalleled innovations of Star wars and Close encounters of the third kind. She then traces these films' technological, cultural, and aesthetic influence into the 1980s in the deployment of optical special effects as well as the "not-too-realistic" and hyper-realistic techniques of traditional stop motion and Showscan. She concludes with a critique of special effects practices in the 2000s and their implications for the future of filmmaking and the production and experience of other visual media."-- Publisher's website. 650 0 Blockbusters (Motion pictures) 650 0 Cinematography|xSpecial effects. 650 7 Blockbusters (Motion pictures)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01201968 650 7 Cinematography|xSpecial effects.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00861506 830 0 Film and culture. 935 .o17289890 956 20150831|bPRVY 956 20160714|bpfmcq|cMC 957 OCLC xref loaded 20160724 994 92|bCUY