''Industrial Light & Magic'' tells the story,
through the words of the filmmakers, artists, and
technicians who forever changed the world of cinema, of
the multiple-Academy-Award-winning visual effects house,
Industrial Light & Magic, which was founded by
George Lucas in 1975 and celebrated its 35th anniversary
in 2010. Featuring never-before-seen imagery,
''Industrial Light and Magic'' begins with the tale of a
small team of students, engineers, and artists who
pioneered analogue effects that had never been attempted
or realised on the screen for ''Star Wars'' (1977), and
continues through the company's rapid expansion and
work, over the next three decades, on more than three
hundred films - and into the digital and
computer-generated effects era - including the ''Star
Wars Saga'', ''the Indiana Jones'' series, ''the Back to
the Future'' trilogy, several ''Star Trek'' films, ''the
Jurassic Park'' trilogy, ''the Harry Potter'' franchise,
''Ghostbusters II'', ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'', ''the
Pirates of the Caribbean'' franchise, ''Iron Man'',
''Avatar'', and the ''Transformers'' films.This richly
illustrated book, featuring extensive commentary by
George Lucas, Dennis Murren, John Knoll, Pablo Helman,
Rob Coleman, Lorne Peterson, and others, covers the
entire scope of ILM's history and filmography, but
focuses on the state-of-the art accomplishments and
technical achievements from 1996 onward, offering a
crash course and behind-the-scenes view on the most
groundbreaking effects being created today. |
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