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Synthetic Cinema

The 21st-Century Movie Machine

Wheeler Winston Dixon author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Published:22nd Feb '19

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In this book, Wheeler Winston Dixon argues that 21st-century mainstream filmmaking is increasingly and troublingly dominated by "synthetic cinema." He details how movies over the last two decades have fundamentally abandoned traditional filmmaking values through the overwhelming use of computer generated imagery, digital touch ups for the actors, and extensive use of green screen technology that replace sets and location shooting.

Combined with the shift to digital cinematography, as well as the rise of comic book and franchise cinema, the temptation to augment movies with lavish, computer generated spectacle has proven irresistible to both directors and audiences, to the point that, Dixon argues, 21st-century commercial cinema is so far removed from the real world that it has created a new era of flawless, fake movies.

ISBN: 9783030125707

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

91 pages

1st ed. 2019