The Digitization of Cinematic Visual Effects Hollywood's Coming of Age [Hardcover]

Venkatasawmy (Univ. of Newcastle, Australia, Singapore campus) provides a clear, insightful investigation of the many issues surrounding the adaptation of cinema to the digital age. The book guides the reader through visual-effects-intensive Hollywood cinema in the 20th century and its journey through the digital revolution, examining the effect of the technology on story, setting, and aesthetics. In chapter 4, broader scientific and technological issues within the film industry are examined in ways that will appeal to scholars in fields such as sociology, technology, and media studies. Unlike many treatments of the subject, this inquiry is deep yet broad enough to be useful to the novice. The prose is accessible and rich. There are many studies on this subject, but this title stands out for its clear organization, definition of terms, and straightforward treatment of the subject. Many of the chapters and the glossary of terms would fit in well with a beginning film or media studies course reading list, and advanced scholars will benefit from the extensive yet focused works cited. Summing Up: Highly recommended.While many books have addressed visual effects in Hollywood cinema, The Digitization of Cinematic Visual Effects: Hollywoods Coming of Age, by Rama Venkatasawmy, fills an important gap in cinematic analysis and film history by providing a periodization and techno-historical account of visual effects in Hollywood cinema.The Digitization of Cinematic Visual Effects: Hollywoods Coming of Age, by Rama Venkatasawmy, analyzes how the Hollywood cinema industrys visual effects applications have not only motivated the expansion of filmmaking praxis, they have also influenced the evolution of viewing pleasures and spectatorship experiences. Following the digitization of their associated technologies, VFX have been responsible for multiplying the strategies of representation and storytelling, as well as extending the range of stories that can potentially be told onscl£!