Kristin Thompson
Author of Film Art: An Introduction
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Kristin Thompson is an Honorary Fellow in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Picturing Tolkien: Essays on Peter Jackson's the Lord of the Rings Film Trilogy (2011) — Contributor — 28 copies
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The enlightening discussion of the new tools in the cinematographer’s bag was new since I last read it. I was surprised to learn that film itself still has its uses. Evidently, images involving billions of light-sensitive molecules have not been totally displaced by images made of millions of pixels. The discussion of the CGI techniques used in Gravity was especially helpful.
I also enjoyed the many trips to Bordwell’s blog, which the book encouraged. I do wish, though, that the blog included more links to film clips.
Some things have stayed the same: an insightful, detailed critique of Citizen Kane and an organizational structure that makes it problematic for someone trying to organize a course around it.… (more)