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Spectacular Digital Effects: CGI and Contemporary Cinema in Franklin, TN
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Spectacular Digital Effects: CGI and Contemporary Cinema in Franklin, TN
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By developing the concept of the "digital effects emblem," Kristen Whissel contributes a new analytic rubric to cinema studies. An "effects emblem" is a spectacular, computer-generated visual effect that gives stunning expression to a film's key themes. Although they elicit feelings of astonishment and wonder, effects emblems do not interrupt narrative, but are continuous with story and characterization and highlight the narrative stakes of a film. Focusing on spectacular digital visual effects in live-action films made between 1989 and 2011, Whissel identifies and examines four effects emblems: the illusion of gravity-defying vertical movement, massive digital multitudes or "swarms," photorealistic digital creatures, and morphing "plasmatic" figures. Across films such as
Avatar
,
The Matrix
, the
Lord of the Rings
trilogy,
Jurassic Park
Titanic
, and
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
, these effects emblems heighten the narrative drama by contrasting power with powerlessness, life with death, freedom with constraint, and the individual with the collective.
Avatar
,
The Matrix
, the
Lord of the Rings
trilogy,
Jurassic Park
Titanic
, and
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
, these effects emblems heighten the narrative drama by contrasting power with powerlessness, life with death, freedom with constraint, and the individual with the collective.
By developing the concept of the "digital effects emblem," Kristen Whissel contributes a new analytic rubric to cinema studies. An "effects emblem" is a spectacular, computer-generated visual effect that gives stunning expression to a film's key themes. Although they elicit feelings of astonishment and wonder, effects emblems do not interrupt narrative, but are continuous with story and characterization and highlight the narrative stakes of a film. Focusing on spectacular digital visual effects in live-action films made between 1989 and 2011, Whissel identifies and examines four effects emblems: the illusion of gravity-defying vertical movement, massive digital multitudes or "swarms," photorealistic digital creatures, and morphing "plasmatic" figures. Across films such as
Avatar
,
The Matrix
, the
Lord of the Rings
trilogy,
Jurassic Park
Titanic
, and
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
, these effects emblems heighten the narrative drama by contrasting power with powerlessness, life with death, freedom with constraint, and the individual with the collective.
Avatar
,
The Matrix
, the
Lord of the Rings
trilogy,
Jurassic Park
Titanic
, and
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
, these effects emblems heighten the narrative drama by contrasting power with powerlessness, life with death, freedom with constraint, and the individual with the collective.
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