Industrial Light and Magic: Into the Digital Realm |  | Authors: Mark Cotta Vaz, Patricia Rose Duignan, Cotta Vaz Mark
Creator: Steven Spielberg
Publisher: Virgin Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 3992677
Media: Paperback
Pages: 48
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6.2
Dimensions (in): 12.2 x 10.3 x 1.4
ISBN: 1852276061
EAN: 9781852276065
ASIN: 1852276061
Publication Date: October 24, 1996
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This 330-page coffee-table book combines the writing of Mark Cotta Vaz and Patricia Rose Duignan with more than 600 photographs and illustrations to chronicle the accomplishments of Hollywood's hottest special effects company. Industrial Light & Magic, where Duignan spent two decades of her career, was founded by George Lucas to create the effects for his groundbreaking movie, Star Wars. Since then ILM has continued to pioneer new technologies which have led to SF classics such as "E.T.," "Terminator 2" and "Jurassic Park". This books offers a behind-the-scenes look into the magical moments ILM has helped create.
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A look at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) from 1986 which gives a behind-the-camera tour of the workshops responsible for the special effects of films like "Jurassic Park", "Forrest Gump" and "The Mask". The book also includes visual effects from "Star Wars: A New Hope".
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 Great book. Huge, but great. October 23, 1998
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
If you know about visual effects, you know about ILM. And this book describes their work over the last ten years in great detail. The illustrations are superb, and the pullouts are simply spectacular. If i do have one gripe, it is the fact that they really don't go into the real process of the digital effects. They do to a point, but since i work with these type of programs, i would like to see how the masters do it.
The Future of the Magic June 15, 2000
Mark Hills (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
For 25 years Industrial Light and Magic has woven magic into countless films, either subtle images through `invisible' effects such as matte paintings or through eye-popping visuals that stand out vividly against the film backdrop. ILM has made it's mark on history, for not only have they been and still are the premiere effects house in Hollywood, they have innovated and invented more technology than any other studio, additionally they have won awards for the processing and compositing technology they have created. ILM had to be the best at special effects, because their flagship title - STAR WARS - demanded the best, because that's what Lucas wanted. `Into the Digital Realm' isn't so much an abandonment of ILM of the traditional methods of special effects, rather a point of departure for the new technology and all of things that led up to it. Indeed, ILM's work on `The Hunt For Red October' submarine work involved flying the submerged vessels from wires in a smoky room - effects do not get any more traditional than that. Released in 96, the book doesn't mention that Phantom Menace or even that the film is in production. It does have some revised images from the Star Wars special edition. As with the previous tome, this one is packed with hundreds of color photos, plus the same beautiful gate fold images. If the center piece for the previous book was Star Wars, Digital Realms' focus is obviously Jurassic Park, because it was the first film to use CG on so large a scale, even more than Terminator 2, which ILM also did. Jurassic Park was also the test bed and showcase piece that convinced Lucas that computers had finally matured enough to bring what he had in mind to the screen for the new Star Wars films. More is the pity, because I came to loathe most of the aliens in the Phantom Menace. Digital Realm clearly explains in easy to understand terms how effects - both new and old - are accomplished, be it something as simple as making it appear as if buildings are actually much taller than they or having a velociraptor walk _behind_ a plant situated in the foreground. I have both of these wonderful books, and I strongly recommend them to anyone who is curious about ILM's history and the process of how effects are made.
Fantastic! June 17, 2005
A. Ross (New Zealand)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
One of the greatest 'making of' writers Patricia Rose Duignan's Industrial Light & Magic: Into the Digital Realm is one of my all-time favorite books, charting the journey of ILM from fledgling company in George Lucas' garage to the No.1 Special Effects company in the world. Insightful and comprehensive, this is flawless reading and has some great accompanying images from Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and surprisingly some of their lesser-known movies like Willow and Hook. An essential movie book, I just love every page, so carefully written, so rich in detail, it leaves the reader feeling that they have experienced something very special. Fantastic and brilliant. BUY IT NOW!
Movie-into-digital-changed realms December 8, 1996
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
ILM performs the significance change of cinematography and ILM is the pioneer of digital movie production.
This book contains the ideas of movie-making which is the atractive material today.
Extraordinary April 9, 2000
Shahrad M.Fazeli (Iran)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
An extraordinary book about an extraordinary company. You will know all you want to know about special effects wizardry. The book is well published, even watching its pictures is joyful.
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