By selecting a liberal sampling of films that may be distinguished for their use of special effects and their relative critical and commercial irrelevance, the research will create an extensive sampling for qualitative evaluation.
The research project will report the sequence of steps leading to the selection of films for consideration, including preliminary selection, viewing selection and selection for analysis. This last category will result in a report on the impact of special effects use both on the film and on a broader industry level. Outcomes will be integrated into an overarching set of findings and conclusions concerning the relationship between special effects in the selected films and the goal of filmmakers as a whole to achieve as close a proximity to their respective visions as possible.
Schedule/Timetable for Carrying out of Project (my time frame is 8 weeks)
This research will occur over eight weeks. This duration will be divided into four two-week segments. The first segment will be devoted to created a cinema viewing list and assembling relevant literature for improvement of that process. The second segment will be devoted to narrowing down the initial list and viewing the films selected for consideration. The schedule will retain the flexibility to lengthen this segment where it may be deemed as necessary, deducting time from the end of the first segment or the start of the third. The third segment will be dedicated to analysis of the films reviewed. Likely, this step will begin with an establishment of credentials by which a viewed film may be due for analysis. The final segment will be dedicated to the synthesis of a report on the findings yielded.
Conclusion and request
The proposal here is precipitated by the basic understanding the special effects offer an opportunity to filmmakers not afforded to those working in more static media. As our research finds, "those special effects technologies and techniques...
And indeed, a fully separate discussion should be employed to determine the empirical relationship between the usage of production-dominating special effects and the achievement of lofty commercial indices. However, for the purposes of the current research evaluation, the
argument by Pierson is central. Here, we are given some support for the claim that Special Effects proliferation in the film industry has had reciprocal relationship with
innovation at a wide array of levels.
The process of conducting this research is preceded by the request here both for approval of the
methodology proposed and for the resources to engage the film content review here proposed.
Works Cited
Fielding, R. (1985). Techniques of Special Effects of Cinematography. Focal Press.
Mitchell, M. (2004). Visual Effects for Film and
Television. Focal Press.
Perkins, M. (2006). Digital Camera Tricks and Special Effects 101: Creative Techniques for Shooting and Image Editing. Portal.acm.org.
Pierson, M. (2002). Special Effects. Columbia University Press.
Sefton-Green, J. (2005). Timelines, Timeframes and Special Effects: Software and Creative Media Production.
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