Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 5
3. Introduction 7
4. Concepts
5. 1. Mind(ing) the Gap 37
6. 2. Images as Visual Effects 89
7. 3. The Pragmatics of Trucage: Between Feigning and Fiction 113
8. 4. Realism, Illusion, and Special Effects in the Cinema 131
9. Techniques
10. 5. .Trick-o-logics 1810/1910: The Magic of Tricks and Special Effects Between: the Stage and the Screen 167
11. 6. Those Ordinary “Special Effects” 181
12. 7. Black Magic: The “Space Between the Frames” in Cinematic Special Effects 217
13. 8. Photography and the Composite Image , or A Portrait of Méliès as Bergsonian Filmmaker 245
14. 9. From Trick to Special Effect : Standardization and the Rise of Imperceptible Cinematic Illusions 271
15. 10. Special Effects and Spaces of Communication: A Semio-Pragmatic Approach 311
16. 11. Image Capture, or The Control of Special Effects 325
17. Films
18. 12. Murnau’s Sunrise: In-Camera Effects and Effects Specialists 343
19. 13. King Kong, An Open Perspective 379
20. 14. Uncanny Visual Effects, Postwar Modernity, and House of Wax 3D 397
21. 15. Oblivion: Of Time and Special Effects 433
22. Envoi
23. 16. The Effect of Miracles and the Miracle of Effects : Bazin’s Faith in Evolution 451
24. Bibliography 475
25. Index 499