Thu, 01 Dec 2005
Sci-Fi Moviescapes
Matt Hanson, Building Sc-Fi Moviescapes:
The science behind the fiction, Rotovision
This is a lot of fun. What the book does is go through
a series of sci-fi movies in rough chronological order and
show pictures from the movie and talk about what the thinking
was and how it was implemented.
It doesn't cover all movies, just ones that have been
deemed to be interesting. Here's a sample: Bladerunner
(of course!), Tron, 2001, The Fifth Element, Star Wars,
Dune ... I picked those out randomly. There are many more.
While Rotovision generally aims its books at the design
profession, this book is readable by anyone with an interest
in the subject of sci-fi movies. The implementation
detail is actually quite general so that a general reader
won't have their eyes glazing over at long accounts of sticking
clay to wire mesh, or whatever.
Another little bonus of the book is that it might give
some clues about movies that you missed that you might now want to see.
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