This volume presents the story of the organization whose name has become synoymous with state-of-the-art special effects - Industrial Light & Magic. It examines its early days to its Oscar-winning accomplishments for films such as the "Star Wars" trilogy, "Raiders of the Lost Ark", Back to the Future", the "Star Trek" films and "Cocoon". The book takes a behind the scenes look at the special effects process, from cinematic design, matte painting, model construction and creature development to miniature photography and ...
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This volume presents the story of the organization whose name has become synoymous with state-of-the-art special effects - Industrial Light & Magic. It examines its early days to its Oscar-winning accomplishments for films such as the "Star Wars" trilogy, "Raiders of the Lost Ark", Back to the Future", the "Star Trek" films and "Cocoon". The book takes a behind the scenes look at the special effects process, from cinematic design, matte painting, model construction and creature development to miniature photography and optical compositing. It also discusses the invention of new cameras, lenses and other technological devices.
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Second impression (hardback). 4to (31cm by 26cm), xi, 280pp. Illustrated throughout in colour. Original black cloth, dustwrapper. Light bowing of the boards, bookplate to the front free endpaper, else the book is in very good condition; the dustwrapper is in good to very good condition (some chafing of the edges). The dustwrapper has now been put in a mylar cover to protect it. ISBN 0862871425.