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book		Caligari's cabinet and other grand illusions : a history of film design / edited by Elliott Stein Boston: New York Graphic society, 1976. Call No: 635.26 BAR Author: Barsacq, Leon Edition: 1st English language edition Place: Boston Publisher: New York Graphic society PubDate: 1976 PhysDes: vii, 264 p. : ill. ; 29 cm Subject: SET DESIGNING; SET DECORATING Notes: Includes index. Bibliography: p. 251-253. ISBN: 0821206206 Contents: -- Acknowledgements -- photograph credits -- foreword by Rene Clair -- Introduction -- History -- Film perspective and evolution of the set -- 1: Painted Sets -- the French Primitives 1895-1914 -- 2: Constructed Sets: Italy 1910-1915 -- the United States 1915-1920 -- 3: Toward a film aesthetic: Sweden and Germany 1917-1922 -- France 1918-1926 -- 4: Natural Scenery: Russia 1914-1930 -- 5: The triumph of realism: Hollywood after 1920 -- France of 1926 -- Great Britain after 1930 -- The USSR after sound -- 6: Post War trends -- Italy and the influence of Neorealism -- The enrichment of National Traditions: Sweden and Japan -- The New wave and Cinema-Verite -- 7: Researching the set -- Source material -- period films -- historical films -- musicals -- fantastic films -- 8: The use of color -- 9: Creating the set -- the studios-- preparation for filming -- set construction -- 10: Special effects -- Conclusion by Elliott Stein --Filmographies of art directors and producation designers by Elliott Stein -- Two Letters from Wiard Ihnen -- Academy awards for Art direction and set decoration -- selected bibliography -- Index More info
book		Designing dreams : modern architecture in the movies / Donald Albrecht New York, N.Y.: Published by Harper & Row in collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art, 1986. Call No: 61[72] ALB Author: Albrecht, Donald CorpAuthor: Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) Edition: 1st ed Source: US Place: New York, N.Y. Publisher: Published by Harper & Row in collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art PubDate: 1986 PhysDes: xx, 203 p. : ill. ; 26 cm Subject: ART DIRECTION; SET DECORATING; SET DESIGNING; ARCHITECTURE IN FILMS; ARCHITECTURE AND THE CINEMA; FOUNTAINHEAD, THE (US, King Vidor, 1949); A NOUS, LA LIBERTE! (FR, Rene Clair, 1931); SHALL WE DANCE (US, Mark Sandrich, 1937); SWING TIME (US, George Stevens, 1936); BLACK CAT, THE (US, Edgar G. Ulmer, 1934); VOCE IONTANA, LA (IT, Guido Brigone, 1933) Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 191-195; Filmography: p. 179-189 ISBN: 0060550201 (hard); 0060961066 (pbk.) LON: 4543437 More info
book		The eyes have it : cinema and the reality effect / Murray Pomerance New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, c2013. Call No: 630.3 POM Author: Pomerance, Murray Source: US Place: New Jersey Publisher: Rutgers University Press PubDate: c2013 PhysDes: xii, 268 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Series: Techniques of the moving image Subject: ART DIRECTION; CINEMATOGRAPHY; COMPUTER GENERATED IMAGERY; MOTION CONTROL; REALISM IN FILMS; SET DECORATING; SET DESIGNING; SPECIAL EFFECTS; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED; KELLY, GENE; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; [FORTY] 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS (US, Michael Lehmann, 2002); ANNIE HALL (US, Woody Allen, 1977); ARIZONA DREAM [AMERICAN DREAMERS] (FR/US, Emir Kusturica, 1992); BRIGADOON (US, Vincente Minnelli, 1954); CLOVERFIELD (US, Matt Reeves, 2008); DARK PASSAGE (US, Delmer Daves, 1947); DEFIANCE (US, Edward Zwick, 2008); [DOCTOR] DR STRANGELOVE: OR, HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1964); FIELD OF DREAMS (US, Phil Alden Robinson, 1989); IN HARM'S WAY (US, Otto Preminger, 1965); NORTH BY NORTHWEST (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1959); RANDOM HARVEST (US, Mervyn LeRoy, 1942); SIGNS (US, M. Night Shyamalan, 2002); THELMA & LOUISE (US, Ridley Scott, 1991); VERTIGO (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1958); WIZARD OF OZ, THE (US, Victor Fleming, 1939) Summary: The Eyes Have It explores those rarified screen moments when viewers are confronted by sights that seem at once impossible and present, artificial and stimulating, sensory and definitive. Beginning with a penetrating study of five cornfield sequences - including The Wizard of Oz, Arizona Dream, and Signs - Murray Pomerance journeys through a vast array of cinematic moments, technical methods, and laborious collaborations from the 1930s to the 200s to show how the viewer's experience of "reality" is put in context, challenged, and wilfully engaged. Four meditations deal with "reality effects" from different philosophical and technical angles. "Vivid Rivals" assesses active participation and critical judgement in seeing effects with works such as Defiance, Cloverfield, Knowing, and Thelma & Louise. "The Two of Us" considers double placement and doubled experience with films such as The Prestige, Niagara and A Stolen Life. "Being There" discusses cinematic performance and the problems of believability, highlighting such films as Gran Torino, The Manchurian Candidate, In Harm's Way, and other films. "Fairy Land" explores the art of scenic backing, focusing on the fictional world of Brigadoon, which borrows from both hard-edged realism and evocative landscape painting." - BOOK BLURB Notes: Contains illustrations, bibliographic references and index ISBN: 9780813560588 More info
book		Film design / compiled by Terence St. John Marner in collaboration with Michael Stringer London New York: Tantivy Press A. S. Barnes, [1974]. Call No: 226 MAR Author: Marner, Terence St. John; Stringer, Michael, 1925 Place: London New York Publisher: Tantivy Press A. S. Barnes PubDate: [1974] PhysDes: 165 p. illus. (part col.) 21 cm Subject: SET DECORATING; SET DESIGNING; ART DIRECTION ISBN: 049801326X (Barnes) LON: 720724 More info
subject clippings file		SET DECORATING Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE PhysDes: Clippings Subject: SET DECORATING More info
book		Stage and film decor / by R. Myerscough-Walker, A. A. dipl. With a foreword by Charles B. Cochran London: Sir I. Pitman & sons, ltd., 1940. Call No: 226 MYE Author: Myerscough-Walker, Raymond, 1908 Place: London Publisher: Sir I. Pitman & sons, ltd. PubDate: 1940 PhysDes: xii, 13-192 p. mounted col. front., illus. (incl. plans) x mounted col. pl. 29 x 23 cm Subject: SET DECORATING; SET DESIGNING LON: 1121300 1121300 More info

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