I find watching big-screen action movies quite enjoyable. Here is a book that takes the reader behind the  scenes into the world of big budget action movies. The three or four sentences of information given on a page is very basic, but the photo opposite the text helps the reader interpret the information. One of the special effects includes filming the actor in blue make-up in front of a blue  screen. In this way, the computer later adds the desired detail over the top of the blue areas. Another effect deals with placing small computer markers on an actor to use as reference points for the computer to use in post-production to add features or help in the animation of cartoon characters. Freezing an actor in space is dealt with through the use of filming with multiple cameras on a track. The seven sidebars sprinkled throughout the book labeled “FACT” include one dealing with ‘freeze-action” on page 20, “The 1999 movie The Matrix used more than 100 cameras to make actors freeze in place.”

The FACT sidebars always are bits of trivia about a specific movie which used the special effect being talked about on that page.

Includes: www.facthound.com