Date 18 April 2019
Pages 35
Format cm 15 x 19
Price € 5.90
EAN 9782354886875
Publisher Website www.gulfstream.fr

What Is Movie Magic?

Publisher Gulf Stream
COLLECTION 123 Partez !
Category Children's Books
Age 6-99-12
These ten questions and four activities will take readers behind the scenes to discover the magic of the movies!

This book will teach you that:
- movies have roots in magic shows and fairground attractions,
- movie are made up individual images played back at a specific speed to produce the illusion of movement,
- the inventor of special effects was a Frenchman,
- Foley artists use all sorts of unusual objects to create sound effects for film,
- volume rendering may make screens a thing of the past!
Activities section includes: making a thaumatrope, learning to create fantastical effects with a smartphone, directing a stop-motion film, putting together your own miniature hologram projector.

  • Sales in France 3,400 copies
  • Rights Sold Simplified Chinese, Turkish
  • As of: December 2022