[Frameworks] Avant-Garde film and Hollywood special effects in the 1970s & 80s

[jared ashburn]

Thank you to Albert and graemehogg for your responses. I don't have much to
report back though. Gregory Zinman, Andrew Robert Johnston, and Alla
Gadassik are all doing work in this area. That's all I found so far.
Thanks, again!


On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 3:15 PM Albert Alcoz <albertalcoz at gmail.com> wrote:

> Julie Turnock also wrote an essay titled "Not Just a Day Job: Experimental
> Filmmakers and the Special Effects Industry in the 1970s and 1980s" for the
> book *Alternative Projections. Experimental Film in los Angeles,
> 1945-1980*, edited by David James and Adam Hyman. But maybe *Plastic
> Reality *already includes this same essay...
>
> On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 8:18 PM jared ashburn <ashburn.jared at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I have been reading Julie Turnock's "Plastic Reality: Special Effects,
>> Technology, and the Emergence of 1970s Blockbuster Aesthetics." Among other
>> things, the author discusses West Coast experimental filmmakers (many of
>> whom were associated with CalArts) who produced visual effects for
>> Hollywood movies. Can anyone recommend other researchers who have done work
>> in this area? I am particularly interested in specific techniques and
>> instruments that were developed - analog, digital or hybrid. Thank you.
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