Animating Unpredictable Effects. Nonlinearity in Hollywood’s R&D Complex

Acknowledgments
Book Abstract
Contents
List of Figures
Chapter 1: Introduction: “Fully Nonlinear”
	Physical Simulation
	Technical and Procedural Animation
	FX
Chapter 2: Simulation and R&D: Knowing and Making
	Simulation and Nonlinearity
	Stochastic Simulation
	Dynamic Simulation
	R&D: Engineering and Science in Modernity
	Computer Science and R&D
	Speculative Simulation
Chapter 3: Hollywood’s R&D Complex
	Complexes, Military-industrial and Otherwise
	ACM SIGGRAPH
	Developing Fluid Simulation for Animation
	Blockbuster Technology
	“Hollywood Software” and the Cost and Risk of R&D
Chapter 4: Engineering Moving Images: “Tech Dev” Meets “Look Dev”
	Project Management, Product Development, and Agile Development
	Organizing Production Workflows
	Connecting Production Pipelines
	Scripts, Plug-ins, and Programs for Nonlinear Animation
	Recasting Technical Labor
Chapter 5: Animating Management
	Scientific Management and Early Industrial Animation
	Nonlinear Simulation at Pixar
	Management Science
	Management Theory at Pixar
	Animating Offices
Chapter 6: Cinematic Chaos, Catastrophe, and Unpredictable Embrace
	Fractals and Chaos
	Perfect Storms, Catastrophe, and Climate Models
	Unpredictable Embrace: Resilience and Creative Management
Chapter 7: Conclusion: Engineering Movies
Bibliography
Index