Name: Special Effects
ISBN: 978-1-84457-904-4

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Editors:

Dan North,
Bob Rehak,
Michael Duffy

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About this book

Gathering established and emerging voices in cinema and media studies, this comprehensive collection of essays examines special effects as objects and practices in multiple historical and theoretical contexts - from the earliest years of cinema, via experimental film and the golden age of Hollywood studios, to our contemporary transmedia landscape.

About the authors

Dan North is an independent scholar. He is the author of Performing Illusions: Cinema, Special Effects and the Virtual Actor (2008), and editor of Sights Unseen: Unfi nished British Films (2008).

Bob Rehak is Associate Professor in the Department of Film and Media Studies at Swarthmore College, USA. His work has appeared in Cinema Journal, Film Criticism, and The Cybercultures Reader (2007).

Michael S. Duffy is Lecturer in Film and Media Studies at Towson University, USA. His essays have appeared in numerous anthologies, including Volumes I and II of Directory of World Cinema: American Hollywood (2011, 2015).

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: Special Effects
Book Subtitle: New Histories, Theories, Contexts
Editors: Dan North, Bob Rehak, Michael Duffy
Publisher: British Film Institute London
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-84457-904-4Published: 07 July 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: 304
Topics: Film Production, Directing, Media Research

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