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Special Effects:

The History and the Technique
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Crown Publishing Group, Oct 1, 2000 - Photography - 320 pages
Included among the hundreds special effects artists from Britain and the United States interviewed for this book are - Ben Burtt (Star Wars);Nick Dudman (The Fifth Element); Richard Edlund (Raiders of the Lost Ark); Harrison Ellienshaw (Dick Tracy); George Gibbs (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom); Ray Harryhausen (The 7th Voyage of Sinbad); Rob Legatto (Titanic); Ken Ralston (Back to the Future); John Richardson (The World is not enough); Phil Tippett (Starship Troopers); Doug Trumbull (Close Encounters of the Third Kind); Joe Viskocil (Independence Day); Stan Winston (Jurassic Park).

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Amazing process book covering the history of photochemical and digital effects. Read full review

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Essential but doesn't always explain certain techniques adequately. Read full review

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About the author (2000)

Rickitt is a lecturer at the British Film Institute.

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TitleSpecial Effects: The History and the Technique
Film Reference Essentials Series
Special Effects: The History and Technique, Special Effects: The History and Technique
AuthorRichard Rickitt
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherCrown Publishing Group, 2000
ISBN0823077330, 9780823077335
Length320 pages
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