Digital Domain - Hardcover

Bizony, Piers

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1854107070 ISBN 13: 9781854107077

Publisher: Aurum Press, 2001

Synopsis

Founded in April 1993 by James Cameron, Stan Winston and Scott Toss, Digital Domain is one of the front-runners in the world of movie special effects. The company's work featured heavily in "True Lies", "Interview with The Vampire", "Armageddon" and "Dante's Peak", all of which were successful at the box office. In 1995 they won a BAFTA award for their work on "Apollo 13", recalling a historic NASA space rescue without using a single frame of real archive. Then came an Oscar for their work on Cameron's "Titanic", one of the most expensive and most successful movies ever made. The company also builds theme park systems. The T2-3D ride, based on James Cameron's cyborg hit "The Terminator", combines computer effects, projection systems, and advanced 3D illusions. This text, written in a jargon-free style, looks at the company's work and should be of interest to all who are curious to learn how the amazing effects in contemporary blockbuster movies are created by Oscar-winning talents at the forefront of their industry.

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Review:

...the text is accompanied by some of the most eye-popping stills...the colour and clarity of which are simply dazzling. -- Film Review, December 2001

Beautifully illustrated and designed, this is a must for anyone interested in how films are, and will be, made. -- Empire, December 2001

About this edition

• Publisher: Aurum Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1854107070
• ISBN 13: 9781854107077
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256