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  Behind the scenes of 'Les Trucs du Cinema'

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  Dan North The University of Exeter

  November 11, 2011

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  Behind the scenes of 'Les Trucs du Cinema' trick film special effects illusion early cinema audience Curator's Note These trading cards were distributed by the Liebig Extract of Meat Company around 1910. Each picture illustrates the shootin ...
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  Special Effects: New Perspectives on Old Questions

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  Bob Rehak, Dan North, Michael S. Duffy Swarthmore College, University of Exeter, Towson University

  November 07, 2011

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  Special Effects: New Perspectives on Old Questions visual effects technologies special effects realism media histories digital contexts artifacts analog Curator's Note Given the proliferation of paratextual materials that frame special effects practi ...
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  Avatar Comes Home: 3D and the Death of DVD

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  Chuck Tryon Fayetteville State University

  November 10, 2011

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  Avatar Comes Home: 3D and the Death of DVD television special effects panasonic james cameron avatar 3D Curator's Note  When James Cameron's 3D space epic, Avatar, was first being promoted, the movie was promoted as something that audiences had ...