Hutchison David. Starlog photo guidbook: Special Effects. Volume 4

New York: Starlog Press Ink, 1984. — 98 p.This fourth volume in STARLOG's Photo Guidebook series on special effects focuses on the use of modern technology in the production of fantasy films. Most promising is the large scale use of computer animation and scene simulation in Disney's TRON or the computer graphic effects in Star Trek 11. These films point the way to the eventual elimination of model photography as we know it today in favor of computer simulation. As we go to press Digital Productions is using their CRAY supercomputer to create spaceships and entire scenes for The Last Star/ighter. While traditional modelmaking will not entirely disappear over the next decade, computers will push back the frontiers of the imagination — opening new worlds for fantasy filmmakers to explore. Dragonslayer and E.T. have introduced Go-Motion, a new technique for animators that produces an illusion of life that is startlingly real. Henson's The Dark Crystal is a unique achievement in the art of puppetry. Crystal is in many ways the 2001 of the genre, many films will be measured against it for years to come.The Sight and Sound of Future Tech
Spirits of the Lost Ark
Patching the Pandemonium of Dark's Shadow Show
Flights of Dragons
E.T.: The Little FX Movie That Made Good
New Worlds Aborning
The World of the Dark Crystal
Ghosts and Goblins by the Score!