What It Takes to Create Those Scenes

Sunny Teich

 CGI Wizardry and Witchcraft

The term “CGI Wizardry” is pervasive in the media – a phrase which reflects audiences’ illiteracy about what complex visual effects are and how they are made. But the word “wizardry” also reveals an implicitly held belief that men are the ones making the magic.

Tom Stockdale

“There is no spoon”: Examining fight sequences in contemporary Hollywood Science Fiction films

the paper will provide a better understanding of how the performance art of fight choreography is shaped by the conventions of the science fiction genre. It will also examine how fight directors sometimes subvert the audience expectations of the genre.