{"product_id":"synthetic-cinema-wheeler-winston-dixon-9783030125707","title":"Synthetic Cinema: The 21st-Century Movie Machine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Wheeler Winston Dixon argues that 21st-century mainstream filmmaking is increasingly and troublingly dominated by \"synthetic cinema.\" He details how movies over the last two decades have fundamentally abandoned traditional filmmaking values through the overwhelming use of computer generated imagery, digital touch ups for the actors, and extensive use of green screen technology that replace sets and location shooting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCombined with the shift to digital cinematography, as well as the rise of comic book and franchise cinema, the temptation to augment movies with lavish, computer generated spectacle has proven irresistible to both directors and audiences, to the point that, Dixon argues, 21st-century commercial cinema is so far removed from the real world that it has created a new era of flawless, fake movies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wheeler Winston Dixon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 303012570X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783030125707\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave Pivot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/22\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 91\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.31d","brand":"Wheeler Winston Dixon","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44073515647231,"sku":"9783030125707","price":59.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_88e42513-10d4-465a-ae66-afc9689d8ce8.jpg?v=1685448276","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/synthetic-cinema-wheeler-winston-dixon-9783030125707","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}