The Art Of Ray Harryhausen

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Details: In An Animated Life, Ray Harryhausen told the story of his career as the acknowledged grandmaster of special effects in the pre-computer era, the creator of classics such as One Million Years BC, Jason & the Argonauts & Clash of Titans. In this book the focus is not on the movies themselves, but on the vast hoard of artwork which Harryhausen has carefully preserved in his London home. These include preliminary sketches, elaborate drawings of key scenes & carefully plotted storyboards, all produced as he sought backing for his next venture & prepared to undertake the laborious task of animating the prehistoric creatures, aliens & mythical monsters which stole scene after scene from the human actors. There are also the tiny, elaborately articulated models which Harryhausen created to play these roles & the bronzes which he cast to preserve their forms in perpetuity. This stunning array of images is a tribute to the scope of Harryhausens imagination & his artistic skills. Ideal for: No student of special effects or cinema history will want to be without this book. This paperback book has 230 pages & measures: 28.5 x 24.7 x 2cm.