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The VES Handbook of Virtual Production
by Susan Zwerman Jeffrey A. Okun Susan Thurmond O’NealThe VES Handbook of Virtual Production is a comprehensive guide to everything about virtual production available today – from pre-production to digital character creation, building a stage, choosing LED panels, setting up Brain Bars, in-camera compositing of live action and CG elements, Virtual Art Departments, Virtual Previs and scouting, best practices and much more. Current and forward-looking, this book covers everything one may need to know to execute a successful virtual production project – including when it is best to use virtual production and when it is not. More than 80 industry leaders in all fields of virtual production share their knowledge, experiences, techniques, and best practices. The text also features charts, technical drawings, color images, and an extensive glossary of virtual production terms. The VES Handbook of Virtual Production is a vital resource for anyone wishing to gain essential knowledge in all aspects of virtual production. This is a must-have book for both aspiring and veteran professionals. It has been carefully compiled by the editors of The VES Handbook of Visual Effects.
The VES Handbook of Virtual Production
by Susan Zwerman Jeffrey A. Okun Susan Thurmond O’NealOur handbook on Virtual Production is written in conjunction with the Visual Effects Society, guaranteeing the most expert advice in all areas of Virtual Production. It is a first of its kind handbook on this nascent technology, pooling insights from a vast array of different practitioners, to create a truly comprehensive reference book. It covers not only the software, hardware, and workflows, but also the types of jobs training needed for VP – the book starts from the ground up and provides an overview of what you need to learn before you use this technology.
The VES Handbook of Visual Effects: Industry Standard VFX Practices and Procedures
by Jeffrey A. Okun Susan ZwermanWisdom from the best and the brightest in the industry, this visual effects bible belongs on the shelf of anyone working in or aspiring to work in VFX. The book covers techniques and solutions all VFX artists/producers/supervisors need to know, from breaking down a script and initial bidding, to digital character creation and compositing of both live-action and CG elements. In-depth lessons on stereoscopic moviemaking, color management and digital intermediates are included, as well as chapters on interactive games and full animation authored by artists from EA and Dreamworks respectively. From predproduction to acquisition to postproduction, every aspect of the VFX production workflow is given prominent coverage. VFX legends such as John Knoll, Mike Fink, and John Erland provide you with invaluable insight and lessons from the set, equipping you with everything you need to know about the entire visual effects workflow. Simply a must-have book for anyone working in or wanting to work in the VFX industry.
The VES Handbook of Visual Effects: Industry Standard VFX Practices and Procedures
by Jeffrey A. Okun Susan Zwerman Christopher McKittrick Lisa Sepp-WilsonThe award-winning VES Handbook of Visual Effects remains the most complete guide to visual effects techniques and best practices available today. This new edition has been updated to include the latest, industry-standard techniques, technologies, and workflows for the ever-evolving fast paced world of visual effects. The Visual Effects Society (VES) tasked the original authors to update their areas of expertise, such as AR/VR moviemaking, color management, Cameras, VFX Editorial, Stereoscopic and the Digital Intermediate, as well as provide detailed chapters on interactive games and full animation. Additionally, 56 contributors share their best methods, tips, tricks, and shortcuts developed through decades of trial and error and real-world, hands-on experience. This 3rd edition has been expanded to feature lessons on 2.5D/3D Compositing; 3D Scanning; Digital Cinematography; Editorial Workflow in Animated and Visual Effects Features; Gaming updates; General Geometry Instancing; Lens Mapping for VFX; Native Stereo; Real-Time VFX & Camera Tracking; Shot/Element Pulls and Delivery to VFX; Techvis; VFX Elements and Stereo; Virtual Production; and VR/AR (Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality). A must-have for anyone working in or aspiring to work in visual effects, The VES Handbook of Visual Effects, Third Edition covers essential techniques and solutions for all VFX artists, producers, and supervisors, from pre-production to digital character creation, compositing of both live-action and CG elements, photorealistic techniques, and much more. With subjects and techniques clearly and definitively presented in beautiful four-color, this handbook is a vital resource for any serious VFX artist.
The VES Handbook of Visual Effects: Industry Standard VFX Practices and Procedures
by Jeffrey A. Okun Susan Zwerman Christopher McKittrick Lisa Sepp-WilsonThe award-winning VES Handbook of Visual Effects remains the most complete guide to visual effects techniques and best practices available today. This new edition has been updated to include the latest, industry-standard techniques, technologies, and workflows for the ever-evolving fast paced world of visual effects. The Visual Effects Society (VES) tasked the original authors to update their areas of expertise, such as AR/VR Moviemaking, Color Management, Cameras, VFX Editorial, Stereoscopic and the Digital Intermediate, as well as provide detailed chapters on interactive games and full animation. Additionally, 56 contributors share their best methods, tips, tricks, and shortcuts developed through decades of trial and error and real-world, hands-on experience.This third edition has been expanded to feature lessons on 2.5D/3D Compositing; 3D Scanning; Digital Cinematography; Editorial Workflow in Animated and Visual Effects Features; Gaming updates; General Geometry Instancing; Lens Mapping for VFX; Native Stereo; Real-Time VFX and Camera Tracking; Shot/Element Pulls and Delivery to VFX; Techvis; VFX Elements and Stereo; Virtual Production; and VR/AR (Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality).A must-have for anyone working in or aspiring to work in visual effects, The VES Handbook of Visual Effects, Third Edition covers essential techniques and solutions for all VFX artists, producers, and supervisors, from pre-production to digital character creation, compositing of both live-action and CG elements, photorealistic techniques, and much more. With subjects and techniques clearly and definitively presented in beautiful four-color, this handbook is a vital resource for any serious VFX artist.
Vesna Pavlovic: Stagecraft
by Vesna PavlovicVesna Pavlović: Stagecraft features four extensive bodies of the photographer's work, spanning from the early 2000s to today—photographs of the Yugoslav socialist modernist hotel spaces from her internationally recognized series "Hotels"; photographs of the ceremonial space of the Yugoslav Presidential Palace in Belgrade from the series "Collection/Kolekcija" and the recent "Fabrics of Socialism" and "Sites of Memory" series exploring the archives of the Museum of Yugoslav History. The book includes critical essays that contextualize and expound on Pavlović's unique treatment of the photographic medium, in which a photographic moment is expanded to include the conditions of image making, production, documentation, and representation.
Vestavia Hills
by Rebecca Cybulsky WaldenIn response to the explosive growth of industry in Birmingham, entrepreneurs and young families sought quieter areas to call home. The search led them to Shades Mountain, an area replete with flowering dogwood and pink honeysuckle--pure wilderness. There were no paved roads, no public services, and no merchants nearer than Homewood. Still, those seeking respite from the soot (of the steel mills) lingering over the "Magic City" persevered, establishing homesteads, stores, communities of worship, and basic public services. While the contributions of some of the area's early pioneers--men like Edgar S. Smyer, George Ward, and Charles Byrd--are well documented, Images of America: Vestavia Hills contains lesser-known stories of citizens who helped shape the "city on top of the mountain."
Vested Interests: Cross-dressing and Cultural Anxiety
by Marjorie GarberBeginning with the bold claim, "There can be no culture without the transvestite," Marjorie Garber explores the nature and significance of cross-dressing and of the West's recurring fascination with it. Rich in anecdote and insight, Vested Interests offers a provocative and entertaining view of our ongoing obsession with dressing up--and with the power of clothes.
Vestuário e Moda de Mulher: Como minimizar custos ao combinar e acessorizar as suas roupas (Como faz... #120)
by Owen JonesVestuário e Moda de Mulher Como minimizar custos ao combinar e acessorizar as suas roupas O conteúdo deste e-book sobre a indumentária e acessórios de senhora está organizado em 16 capítulos com relativamente 500-600 palavras cada. Espero que interesse aqueles que gostam de moda e roupas. Como um bónus acrescido, concedo autorização para usar o contúdo na sua página web própria ou nos seus blogs e boletim, apesar que é melhor se resecrever pelas suas próprias palavras. Você pode também dividir o livro e revender os artigos. De facto, o único direito que não tem é de revender ou sortear o livro que já foi entregue a si.
Vetter Health Services (Images of Modern America)
by Danita Naimoli Diane NealJack and Eldora Vetter began Vetter Health Services (VHS) in 1975 with the belief that elderly people deserve dignity in life. Forty years later, what began as the couple's personal mission has grown to include more than 30 award-winning senior-care facilities home to 2,200 residents and patients who are cared for by 3,500 team members. Based in Elkhorn, Nebraska, VHS is recognized as a national leader in providing safe, comfortable, and happy senior living centers. Each facility is built around the individual needs of residents and the community; every aspect of care and operation is shaped by the VHS mission, vision, and values. Support and expertise are always available from administrators and team members who share Jack and Eldora Vetter's heart for service and passion for excellence. Together, they are changing the view of long-term care for senior citizens.
VFX Fundamentals
by Wallace JacksonThis book is a comprehensive, introductory title covering concepts central to Visual Special Effects using the free Black Magic Design Fusion 8. 0 software package. The book also provides foundational background information regarding concepts central to digital image compositing, digital video editing, digital illustration, digital painting, 3D, and digital audio in the first six chapters on new media theory, concepts and terminology. This book builds on the foundational concepts of digital image compositing, digital audio, digital video, digital illustration and digital painting. VFX Fundamentals will introduce more advanced VFX concepts and pipelines as the chapters progress, covering topics such as Flow Node Compositing, Timeline Animation, Animated PolyLine Masking, Bluescreen and Greenscreen Matte Pulling (generation), using Primatte and Fusion 8 Ultra Keyer, motion tracking, 3D rendering and compositing, auxiliary channels, and particle systems and particle physics dynamics, among other topics. What you'll learn The New Media Components (raster, vector, audio, video, rendering) needed for VFX The Concepts behind the Digital Visual Special Effects (VFX) Content Production Workflow How to Install and Utilize Black Magic Design Fusion 8 and it's Visual Programming Language Concepts behind Resolution, Aspect Ratio, Bit-Rate, Color Depth, Layers, Alpha, and Masking 2D VFX Concepts such as Animated Masking, Matte Pulling (Primatte V) and Motion Tracking 3D VFX Concepts such as 3D Geometry, Materials, Lighting, Animation and Auxiliary Channels Advanced VFX Concepts such as Particle Systems Animation using Real-World Physics (Forces) Who this book is for SFX artists, VFX artists, video editors, website developers, filmmakers, 2D and 3D animators, digital signage producers, e-learning content creators, game developers, multimedia producers.
Via Il Disordine! - Rendi La Tua Vita Più Semplice In Un Solo Fine Settimana
by Eugenia Franzoni Sarah Goldberg"Via il disordine" è stato revisionato e migliorato; grazie all'ottimo feedback che ho ricevuto, ora puoi scaricare una versione aggiornata e rivista, che ti dia un aiuto anche migliore per semplificarti la vita!La tua casa o il tuo appartamento ti fanno impazzire? Vuoi disfarti dell'immondizia e semplificare la tua vita ORA? Ti senti in imbarazzo se i tuoi amici (o tua madre!) vedono il caos che hai in casa? Allora questo libro è per te! Unisciti alle migliaia di persone che hanno scaricato questo bestseller #1 che aiuta a renderti la vita più semplice in un solo fine settimana!Guarda, io una volta avevo una casa che era un vero caos. Era un disastro, con tutta la roba dei bambini, di mio marito dappertutto, insieme a cose di qualsiasi tipo. Mi faceva diventar matta! Onestamente, ero anche un po' in imbarazzo quando i vicini venivano da me, perché mi pareva di avere immondizia sparsa per tutta casa.Non è più così! Ho deciso di dedicare UN FINE SETTIMANA della mia vita a far sparire il disordine per sempre, e ha funzionato! Ora voglio aiutare anche te a fare la stessa cosa, e ci si sente BENISSIMO ad aver eliminato la confusione e pulito una volta per tutte. Ho preso tutta la roba inutile che avevo in casa e l'ho venduta su eBay, e ora ho anche dei soldi in più!Questo libro ti porterà per mano in un intero fine settimana, da venerdì sera a domeica sera, e ti guiderà passo passo a mettere a posto la tua casa. Può sembrare un compito difficile, ma dagli una possibilità, non hai niente da perdere e molto da guadagnare in vivibilità!Inoltre, in fondo al libro ho anche dei consigli di posti in cui comprare le soluzioni per il ripostiglio, come scaffali e mensole solidissime, scatole etc, che ti aiuteranno a metterti sulla buona strada di una vita senza disordine!Ti serve un'altra ragione per comprare questo libro? Eccone una ottima: per me la Biblioteca dei Bambini è molto importante, quindi dono il 5% di tutti i
Viaggio artistico per le vie di Parigi. (Libri creativi-antistress #4)
by Olga Kryuchkova Elena Kryuchkova.Questo album da colorare è dedicato ai panorami di Parigi, la meravigliosa città francese. Qui dentro troverai un'immagine stilizzata a colori con una breve descrizione e un'immagine in bianco e nero. Se lo desideri, puoi fare uno screenshot dell'immagine in bianco e nero per colorarla a computer o per stamparla e colorarla su carta. Quando colori, puoi concentrarti su un campione di colori oppure puoi scegliere le soluzioni di colore proposte. Una volta completato il libro, sarai affascinato nell'ammirare su Internet le foto delle vere vedute di Parigi rappresentate in questo libro. Il libro ti permetterà di fare un lavoro creativo, di prender parte a un emozionante viaggio col pensiero a Parigi e di raccogliere nuove informazioni. L’album da disegno non ha limiti di età. Gli autori ti augurano buon divertimento! Questo libro può essere usato come album da colorare antistress o arteterapia.
Viaggio artistico per Londra (Libri creativi-antistress #5)
by Olga Kryuchkova Elena KryuchkovaQuesto album da colorare è dedicato ai panorami di Londra, la meravigliosa città inglese. Qui dentro troverai un'immagine stilizzata a colori con una breve descrizione e un'immagine in bianco e nero. Se lo desideri, puoi fare uno screenshot dell'immagine in bianco e nero per colorarla a computer o per stamparla e colorarla su carta. Quando colori, puoi concentrarti su un campione di colori oppure puoi scegliere le soluzioni di colore proposte. Una volta completato l'album, sarai affascinato nell'ammirare su Internet le foto delle vere vedute di Londra rappresentate in questo libro. Il libro ti permetterà di fare un lavoro creativo, di prender parte a un emozionante viaggio col pensiero a Londra e di raccogliere nuove informazioni. L’album da disegnonon ha limiti di età. Gli autori ti augurano buon divertimento! Questo libro può essere usato come album da colorare antistress o arteterapia. Tutte le immagini contenute in questo libro sono basate su foto tratte da https://www.shutterstock.com Questo album da colorare è dedicato ai panorami di Londra, la meravigliosa città inglese. Qui dentro troverai un'immagine stilizzata a colori con una breve descrizione e un'immagine in bianco e nero. Se lo desideri, puoi fare uno screenshot dell'immagine in bianco e nero per colorarla a computer o per stamparla e colorarla su carta. Quando colori, puoi concentrarti su un campione di colori oppure puoi scegliere le soluzioni di colore proposte. Una volta completato l'album, sarai affascinato nell'ammirare su Internet le foto delle vere vedute di Londra rappresentate in questo libro. Il libro ti permetterà di fare un lavoro creativo, di prender parte a un emozionante viaggio col pensiero a Londra e di raccogliere nuove informazioni. L’album da disegnonon ha limiti di età. Gli autori ti augurano buon divertimento! Que
Viaje creativo por Londres
by Olga Kryuchkova Elena KryuchkovaEste libro es una dedicación artística a los paisajes de la maravillosa ciudad británica de Londres. En él encontrarás una imagen en color estilizada, una breve descripción de la misma y una imagen en blanco y negro. Si lo deseas, puedes hacer una captura de pantalla de una imagen en blanco y negro para colorearla en tu ordenador o imprimirla y colorearla en papel. A medida que coloreas, puedes tomar la versión ya coloreada como modelo, o puedes elegir la solución de color adecuada. Te encantará ver fotos en Internet sobre el aspecto real de Londres, que figuran en este libro. El libro te permitirá realizar trabajos creativos, realizar mentalmente un emocionante viaje por Londres y recopilar nueva información. Los libros de arte no tienen límite de edad. ¡Los autores desean crear grandes logros artísticos y pasar momentos agradables! Este libro puede utilizarse como una cromoterapia artística antiestrés. Todas las imágenes de este libro están basadas en fotos de https://www.shutterstock.com
Viaje creativo por París
by Olga Kryuchkova Elena KryuchkovaSinopsis Este libro es una dedicación artística a los paisajes de la maravillosa ciudad francesa de París. En él encontrarás una imagen en color estilizada, una breve descripción de la misma y una imagen en blanco y negro. Si lo deseas, puedes hacer una captura de pantalla de una imagen en blanco y negro para colorearla en tu ordenador o imprimirla y colorearla en papel. A medida que coloreas, puedes tomar la versión ya coloreada como modelo, o puedes elegir la solución de color adecuada. Te encantará ver fotos en Internet sobre el aspecto real de París, que figuran en este libro. El libro te permitirá realizar trabajos creativos, realizar mentalmente un emocionante viaje por París y recopilar nueva información. Los libros de arte no tienen límite de edad. ¡Los autores desean crear grandes logros artísticos y pasar momentos agradables! Este libro puede utilizarse como una cromoterapia artística antiestrés.
Viaje creativo por Roma
by Olga Kryuchkova Elena KryuchkovaSinopsis Este libro es una dedicación artística a los paisajes de la antigua ciudad italiana de Roma. En él encontrarás una imagen en color estilizada, una breve descripción de la misma y una imagen en blanco y negro. Si lo deseas, puedes hacer una captura de pantalla de una imagen en blanco y negro para colorearla en tu ordenador o imprimirla y colorearla en papel. A medida que coloreas, puedes tomar la versión ya coloreada como modelo, o puedes elegir la solución de color adecuada. Te encantará ver fotos en Internet sobre el aspecto real de Roma, que figuran en este libro. El libro te permitirá realizar trabajos creativos, realizar mentalmente un emocionante viaje por Roma y recopilar nueva información. Los libros de arte no tienen límite de edad. ¡Los autores desean crear grandes logros artísticos y pasar momentos agradables! Este libro puede utilizarse como una cromoterapia artística antiestrés.
Un viaje creativo por San Petersburgo (Libros creativos-antiestrés #2)
by Olga Kriuchkova Elena KriuchkovaEste creativo libro está dedicado a las vistas de la ciudad rusa de San Petersburgo. Aquí encontrarás una ilustración estilizada en color, una breve descripción y una ilustración en blanco y negro. Si lo deseas, puedes tomar una captura de pantalla de la ilustración en blanco y negro, para colorearla en el ordenador o imprimirla y colorearla en papel. Para hacerlo, puedes guiarte por la muestra en color o puedes escoger tú mismo los colores. Cuando hayas terminado de colorear, puede que te emocione mirar por Internet fotografías de las vistas reales de San Petersburgo que figuran en este libro. El libro te permitirá desarrollar tu creatividad, viajar por San Petersburgo con el poder de la mente y aprender nueva información. El libro creativo no tiene restricciones de edad. ¡Sus autoras os desean un éxito creativo y un pasatiempo agradable! El libro que te damos se puede usar como antiestrés o arteterapia.
Viaje creativo por Venecia
by Olga Kryuchkova Elena KryuchkovaEste libro es una dedicación artística a los paisajes de la maravillosa ciudad italiana de Venecia. En él encontrarás una imagen en color estilizada, una breve descripción de la misma y una imagen en blanco y negro. Si lo deseas, puedes hacer una captura de pantalla de una imagen en blanco y negro para colorearla en tu ordenador o imprimirla y colorearla en papel. A medida que coloreas, puedes tomar la versión ya coloreada como modelo, o puedes elegir la solución de color adecuada. Te encantará ver fotos en Internet sobre el aspecto real de Venecia, que figuran en este libro. El libro te permitirá realizar trabajos creativos, realizar mentalmente un emocionante viaje por Venecia y recopilar nueva información. Los libros de arte no tienen límite de edad. ¡Los autores desean crear grandes logros artísticos y pasar momentos agradables! Este libro puede utilizarse como una cromoterapia artística antiestrés. Todas las imágenes de este libro están basadas en fotos de internet.
Vibrant Children's Portraits: Painting Beautiful Hair and Skin Tones with Oils
by Victoria LisiA Complete Guide to Capturing the Charm and Glow of Children Making your subjects look age appropriate is vital to successful children's portraiture. Many artists fall short with features that are too severe, skin that lacks that glow of youth or proportions that are too much like those of adults. In this book, you'll learn how to use tried-and-true oil painting techniques to achieve fresh skin tones, shiny hair, crystal clear eyes...all the qualities that will make your portraits look truly authentic. Complete instructions and color palettes for painting luminous skin tones and hair 11 complete step-by-step demonstrations covering a broad range of complexions, ages, poses and sweet expressions Quick tips and expert tricks for making your subjects look natural–not stiff or posed Victoria Lisi's instruction is friendly and easy to follow, delivered with the belief that the process of portrait painting should be as enjoyable as the finished product–beautiful, touching portraits of kids having fun, playing in the sun and being themselves.
The Vibrant Metropolis: 88 Lithographs
by Carol Belanger Grafton George W. BellowsThis handsome volume is an original selection of Bellow's best lithographs depicting a wide array of subjects, from portraits and nudes to street life and prize fighting. Brilliantly executed, richly evocative works include Nude in a Bed, Evening, In the Subway, Dempsey Through the Ropes, and Base Hospital.
Vibratory Modernism
by Anthony Enns Shelley TrowerVibratory Modernism is a collection of original essays that show how vibrations provide a means of bridging science and art two fields that became increasingly separate in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. "
Vibrazioni Rock
by Daniel IchbiahNatale 1976: il nuovo album degli Eagles arriva sugli scaffali. Una settimana dopo, un milione di copie vengono vendute. Eppure nessuno sa che Hotel California, puro momento di grazia musicale, è nata in un‘atmosfera in cui c’era una tensione infernale. In quel periodo, c’era burrasca tra i membri del gruppo e spesso arrivano addirittura alle mani dopo un concerto. È proprio vero, le canzoni di punta del rock hanno tutte la loro storia e sono affascinanti. Like a Rolling Stone, Stairway to Heaven, Mélodie Nelson, Sultans of Swing, Losing my religion, oppure Un autre monde e Smells Like Teen Spirit e molti altri successi mitici non sono altro che il risultato perfetto della passione e del romanticismo che solo il rock poteva creare. Dietro le quinte delle grandi etichette, guadagnando la fiducia sia degli autori che dei musicisti, Daniel Ichbiah ha fatto le sue ricerche e ha ricostruito il puzzle del successo dagli Stones ai Nirvana passando per Bashung. Che dire? Raccontare la genesi dei successi del rock non è stato facile. Ma più di un lettore lo ha ammesso: è impossibile lasciare andare queste pagine una volta che ci si è avventurati nei meandri di molte canzoni diventate mitiche. Ricco di rivelazioni, impregnato di testimonianze esclusive, questo documento d'eccezione ci trascina nel cuore delle canzoni che hanno segnato la nostra epoca. Raccontandoci l'elaborazione e le saghe di successi leggendari, Vibrazioni Rock ci fa rivivere il brivido di decenni di storia del rock.
Vicarious Kinks
by Ummni KhanWho decides where "normal" stops and "perverse" begins? In Vicarious Kinks, Ummni Khan looks at the mass of claims that film, feminism, the human sciences, and law make about sadomasochism and its practitioners, and the way those claims become the basis for the legal regulation of sadomasochist pornography and practice. Khan's audacious proposal is that for film, feminism, law, and science, the constant focus on taboo sexuality is a form of "vicarious kink" itself.Rather than attempt to establish the "truth" about sadomasochism, Vicarious Kinks asks who decides that sadomasochism is perverse, examining how various fields present their claims to truth when it comes to sadomasochism. The first monograph by a new scholar working at the juncture of law and sexuality, Vicarious Kinks challenges the myth of law as an objective adjudicator of sexual truth.
Vicious Circuits: Korea’s IMF Cinema and the End of the American Century (Post*45)
by Joseph Jonghyun JeonIn December of 1997, the International Monetary Fund announced the largest bailout package in its history, aimed at stabilizing the South Korean economy in response to a credit and currency crisis of the same year. Vicious Circuits examines what it terms "Korea's IMF Cinema," the decade of cinema following that crisis, in order to think through the transformations of global political economy at the end of the American century. It argues that one of the most dominant traits of the cinema that emerged after the worst economic crisis in the history of South Korea was its preoccupation with economic phenomena. As the quintessentially corporate art form—made as much in the boardroom as in the studio—film in this context became an ideal site for thinking through the global political economy in the transitional moment of American decline and Chinese ascension. With an explicit focus of state economic policy, IMF cinema did not just depict the economy; it also was this economy's material embodiment. That is, it both represented economic developments and was itself an important sector in which the same pressures and changes affecting the economy at large were at work. Joseph Jonghyun Jeon's window on Korea provides a peripheral but crucial perspective on the operations of late US hegemony and the contradictions that ultimately corrode it.