How Motion Pictures Are Made (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Homer Croy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1332017002 ISBN 13 : 9781332017003

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

How motion pictures began and how they came to life on screen

Unlock the practical history of cinema and discover the inventions, techniques, and tricks that turned moving images into a global form of storytelling. This edition traces the dawn of motion pictures from early devices to the tricks that made audiences gasp, laugh, and dream. In clear, accessible language, you’ll learn how engineers, artists, and technicians built the first systems for continuous motion, used masks and dissolves to create seamless scenes, and imagined a future where films educate as much as they entertain. The book explains the craft behind double and multiple exposures, the craft of camera work, and the practical challenges of making illusion look real on screen.

• How early devices inspired modern filmmaking and the idea of continuous motion
• Step‑by‑step explanations of tricks like masking, double exposure, and dissolves
• Insights into set work, special effects, and the evolving role of the director

Ideal for readers curious about film history, technical innovation, and the ways cinema learned to tell stories with light.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1332017002
• ISBN 13: 9781332017003
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 384
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