Encyclopedia of movie special effects
By: by Paricia D. Netzley
Publisher: Checkmark Books; Infobase Holdings, Inc.
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9780816044924
Subjects: Cinematography; Special effects; Encyclopedias
Other titles: Movie special effects
Description: Offers brief biographies, definitions of studio jargon, descriptions of special effects techniques, and descriptive lists of effects used in specific films.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-268) and index.
Table of contents: title: Movie studios and special effects houses; title: Movies; title: People in the special effects industry: Effects experts/artists/inventors; title: Makeup artists/creature designers; title: Directors/producers; title: Stuntmen and stuntwomen/actors; title: Special effects techniques, equipment, and concepts; title: Appendices: Academy award winners and nominees for special effects (1939-1998); title: Special effects magazines; title: Special effects houses.