What does it mean to describe cinematic effects as "movie magic”, to compare filmmakers to magicians, or to say that the cinema is all a "trick”? In this volume, Colin Williamson situates film within a long tradition of magical practices that combine art and science, involve deception and discovery, and evoke two forms of wonder - both awe at the illusion displayed and curiosity about how it was performed.

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Watching Closely
1          (De)Mystifying Tricks: The Wonder Response and the Emergence of the Cinema
2          Quicker than the Eye: Science, Cinema, and the Question of Vision
3          Second Sight: Time Lapse and the Cinema as Seer
4          The Enchanted Screen: Performing the Cinema’s Illusion of Life
5          Digital Prestidigitation: The Eclipse of the Cinema’s Mechanical Magic
6          Through Digital Eyes: Reanimating Early Cinema
Conclusion: Other Obscurities and Illuminations
Notes
Index