cinematography

On cover: A guide to the art, technology, language, and appreciation of film. Analyzes the elements of the production process separately, then brings them together to show how a film's impact is created.

Traces the evolution of matte art in movies, describing how matte artists create special effects for film and how those effects have impacted the movie industry. Includes a CD-ROM.

Describes how various types of special effects are created in films.

Discusses how robots are featured in popular culture, including films and fiction, and examines real and imagined advances in robotics and how realistically the technology is represented.

A history of film special effects that presents step-by-step explanations, more than sixty original illustrations, and hundreds of rare production photographs; covers models, animation, matte painting, make-up, physical and sound effects, and other related topics, and includes a glossary and a bibliography.

Explains every aspect of who does what in the making of a motion picture, from conception and casting to production, postproduction, advertising, and marketing in the United States and abroad.

Contains approximately four thousand alphabetically arranged entries that provide definitions of words and terms related to the art, technology, and industry of filmmaking; and includes drawings and photographs.

An exploration of the filmmaker's art, looking at the way in which they approach problems and make the medium of film work for them and for their audiences.

Aspiring special effects wizard Desmond Pucket carries his pranks too far, putting his field trip to Mountain Full of Monsters at Crab Shell Pier in jeopardy.

Explores how robots have been portrayed in film, art, and literature throughout history, discussing where the idea of robots first came from and the influence they have had on popular culture.