DK Eyewitness Guides: Cinema - Hardcover

Platt, Richard

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9780863187919: DK Eyewitness Guides: Cinema

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ISBN 10: 0863187919 ISBN 13: 9780863187919

Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd, 1998

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From the cinema's early beginnings to its present-day splendour this book explores the history technology and development of films over the years. See the first movie cameras and projectors and a stuntman's protective clothing. Learn how a cartoon is drawn and filmed how a set is built and how a monster is brought to life. From Westerns to epics horror films to comedies Cinema will take you on a Hollywood adventure of your own.Produced in association with the Museum of the Moving Image London Cinema is a unique and exciting introduction to the dazzling world of films.

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Part of a series of reference books that give detailed information on a wide variety of subjects and interests. This book is a visual guide to the history of the cinema - its technology and development from the first silent movies to epic, contemporary films. The history starts from the cinema's early precursors such as Javanese shadow puppets, the Magic Lantern and Edward Muybridge's experiments with the photography of movement, to the first movie cameras and projectors, the development of sound and the glamour of Hollywood. The book features all the major genres from Westerns to epics and from horror films to comedies.

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