Rehak, Bob

More than meets the eye : special effects and the fantastic transmedia franchise / Bob Rehak. - 1 online resource (170 pages) : color illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Seeing past the state of the art -- That which survives: design networks and blueprint culture between fandom and franchise -- Used universes and immaculate realities: appropriation and authorship in the age of previz -- Chains of evidence: augmented performance before and after the digital -- Microgenres in migration: special effects and transmedia travel -- Conclusion: The effects of special effects.

9781479866823 (e-book)


Cinematography--Special effects.
Motion pictures--Production and direction--United States.
Blockbusters (Motion pictures)
Mass media.


Electronic books.

TR858 / .R425 2018

791.4302/4