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+ | |Publisher=Don Shay/Cinefex LLC.<br/>LGK Presse Et Editions/DGB développement (France)<br/>Bagni di Tivoli (Italy)<br/>Toys Press Inc. (Japan 1st relaunch)<br/>Born Digital, Inc. (Japan 2nd relaunch)<br/>Cinema Line, LLC. CINEFEX (Russia)<br/>Dexter Publishing (China) |
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+ | |Published={{m|March|1980}}-''current'' (USA)<br/>{{d|20|August|1983}}-{{d|20|December|1985}} (Japan original run)<br/>{{m|September|1989}}-{{m|September|1990}}/{{m|October|1992}} (France)<br/>{{m|November|2001}}-{{m|March|2006}} (Italy)<br/>{{d|20|July|1993}}-{{d|28|December|2003}} (Japan 1st relaunch)<br/>{{d|25|June|2006}}-''current'' (Japan 2nd relaunch)<br/>{{d|24|July|2015}}-''current'' (China) |
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− | |Published={{m|March|1980}}-''current'' |
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− | |Issues=''still running'' |
+ | |Issues=''still running''<br/>12 (Japan original run)<br/>5+1 (France)<br/>7 (Italy)<br/>39 (Japan 1st relaunch) |
+ | |Editor=Jody Duncan, Joe Fordham (USA)<br/>Bernard Achour (France)<br/>Pierfilippo Siena (Italy)<br/>Akira Sugiyama (Japan 2nd relaunch)<br/>Alyona Udalova, Elena Paigildina (Russia)<br/>Yong Ma (China) |
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− | |Editor=Don Shay, ''others'' |
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− | '''''Cinefex''''' is a magazine that, in each issue, specifically focuses in-depth on the technical aspects of the special |
+ | '''''Cinefex''''' is a magazine that, in each issue, specifically focuses in-depth on the technical aspects of the [[:Category:Special effects companies|special]], or rather the [[:Category:Visual effects companies|visual effects]], used in motion picture productions or, less frequently, in a particular television production which had been groundbreaking in this regard. Launched in {{y|1980}} under stewardship of Don Shay, it has become the foremost periodical magazine on "special effects", as it was known at the time, in the business and is (as of {{y|2015}}) still being published. Its very first issue was equally dedicated to {{film|1}} and the movie {{w|Alien (film)|Alien}}. Editorial staff has included at some point [[Mark Cotta Vaz]]. |
− | Though there is a certain overlap in the subject matter with the contemporary magazines ''[[American Cinematographer]]'' and ''[[Cinefantastique]]'', ''Cinefex''{{'}}s focus lies on the various aspects of creating of what is presently called " |
+ | Though there is a certain overlap in the subject matter with the contemporary magazines ''[[American Cinematographer]]'' and ''[[Cinefantastique]]'', ''Cinefex''{{'}}s focus lies on the various aspects of creating of what is presently called "visual effects", whereas ''American Cinematographer'' is focused on the actual filming techniques and ''Cinefantastique'', together with the other contemporary publication, ''{{dis|Starlog|magazine}}'', covered a lesser in-depth but wider range of behind-the-scenes aspects. As such, the magazines can be considered complimentary. |
+ | Having become a leading publication on the subject matter of visual effects, the magazine has seen several international variants in translation, released by local publishers; In Japan the magazine had by far the longest run, and was intermittently published from mid-1983 onward by several publishers, though the contents were not in sync with their American counterparts at first. The first publication run lasted for only twelve issues and ended in December 1985. [http://sprocket.eek.jp/monthsp/month2004Feb1.html] The magazine was relaunched in July 1993 with a restarted numbering as [[reference book]]s (being endowed with ISBN-numbers) in a vertically orientated format, as opposed to the standard American lying format. In 2003, Cinefex LLC. pulled the license of the relaunch publisher Toys Press Inc. for copyright violations, after it was discovered that they had released unsanctioned side publications based on licensed Cinefex copy, among others a 1997 ''[[Star Wars]]'' book. [http://www.fxguide.com/featured/cinefex_25_years_of_respect/] The first relaunch run had lasted for 39 issues. [http://sprocket.eek.jp/monthsp/month2004Feb2.html] From June 2006 onward the magazine was relaunched, synchronized for the American version contents with an one issue lag, for a second time by Born Digital, Inc. with again a restarted numbering in the format its immediate predecessor had employed. |
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− | Noteworthy is that {{film|2}} has not received any coverage in ''Cinefex'', though an article about that film was apparently written at one point, as former freelance writer for the magazine, Kevin Martin, later recalled; "''There was in fact a Star Trek II article commissioned by publisher/then-editor Don Shay, but he found it unsatisfactory and 'killed' it. I freelanced for the magazine from {{y|1990}} to {{y|1998}} and was staff writer there till the end of {{y|2000}} (wrote their coverage for [[Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country|ST TUC]], [[Star Trek Generations|GEN]], [[Star Trek: First Contact|FC]] and [[Star Trek: Insurrection|INS]], though they really messed up the editing on GEN), and I spent a lot of that time trying to get a look at the TWOK manuscript without success. It must have been a real disaster, because I know of very few Cinefex pieces that were killed off rather than printed.''" ([[User_talk:Sennim#Cinefex|1]]) |
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+ | Less successful and far shorter-lived efforts were undertaken in France (five issues plus one single October 1992 issue, stemming from a failed relaunch attempt), Italy (seven edited issues, renamed "CineVfx" for the last three issues [http://www.moviemags.com/main.php?title=CINEVFX&month=%&view=main.php]) and Russia (which lasted somewhat longer as at least 29 issues were known to exist by January 2012 [http://startfilm.ru/pressa/15/]). As if to underscore the growing importance of Chinese digital effects companies play in the motion picture industry, publisher Don Shay launched the Chinese-language version of the magazine on 29 July 2015 in a ceremony at the Chinese Dexter Studios, Beijing. Its publishing company had released the first, vertically orientated issue four days previously, synchronized with issue 142 of the American source publication. [http://cinefex.com/blog/cinefex-china/] |
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+ | Noteworthy is that {{film|2}} has not received any coverage in ''Cinefex''. |
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==Notable issues== |
==Notable issues== |
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!Contents |
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− | | 1, {{m|March|1980}} |
+ | | 1, {{m|March|1980}} (USA)<br/>4, {{d|1|May|1984}} (Japan) |
− | |style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Cinefex cover 01.jpg|150px]] |
+ | |style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Cinefex cover 01.jpg|150px]]<br/>USA cover<br/> [[File:Cinefex cover 04 Japan edition.jpg|150px]]<br/>Japan Cover<br/> |
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− | + | *"Into the [[V'Ger]] Maw with [[Douglas Trumbull]]", Don Shay, pp. 4-33 |
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+ | ''As of 2015, this Japanese issue has been the only known foreign-language edition to carry a ''Star Trek''-themed cover.'' |
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|2, {{m|August|1980}} |
|2, {{m|August|1980}} |
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|style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Cinefex cover 02.jpg|150px]] |
|style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Cinefex cover 02.jpg|150px]] |
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+ | |{{film|1}}: |
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+ | *"[[Greg Jein]]-Miniature Giant", Brad Munson, pp. 24-49 |
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|18, {{m|August|1984}} |
|18, {{m|August|1984}} |
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|style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Cinefex cover 18.jpg|150px]] |
|style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Cinefex cover 18.jpg|150px]] |
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− | + | *"The Last Voyage of the Starship ''Enterprise''", Brad Munson, pp. 42-68 |
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|29, {{m|February|1987}} |
|29, {{m|February|1987}} |
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|style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Cinefex cover 29.jpg|150px]] |
|style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Cinefex cover 29.jpg|150px]] |
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− | + | *"[[Humpback whale|Humpback]] to Future", Jody Duncan Shay, pp. 4-31 |
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|37, {{m|February|1989}} |
|37, {{m|February|1989}} |
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|style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Cinefex cover 37.jpg|150px]] |
|style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Cinefex cover 37.jpg|150px]] |
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+ | |[[TNG Season 1]]: |
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− | + | *"Special Effects ''[[The Next Generation]]''", Glenn Campbell & Donna Trotter, pp. 4-21 |
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|42, {{m|May|1990}} |
|42, {{m|May|1990}} |
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|style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Cinefex cover 42.jpg|150px]] |
|style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Cinefex cover 42.jpg|150px]] |
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+ | |{{film|5}}: |
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− | + | *"Sharing the Pain", Paul Mandell, pp. 44-68 |
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|49, {{m|February|1992}} |
|49, {{m|February|1992}} |
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|style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Cinefex cover 49.jpg|150px]] |
|style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Cinefex cover 49.jpg|150px]] |
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+ | |{{film|6}}: |
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− | + | *"Letting Slip the Dogs of Wars", Kevin H. Martin, pp. 38-60 |
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− | |61, {{m|March|1995}} |
+ | |61, {{m|March|1995}}<br>9, {{d|20|December|1995}} (Japan, 1st relaunch)<br/> |
− | |style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Cinefex cover 61.jpg|150px]] |
+ | |style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Cinefex cover 61.jpg|150px]]<br>First printing cover<br>{{ASIN|B000OONICE}}<br/> [[File:Cinefex cover 61 reprint.jpg|150px]]<br>Reprint cover<br>{{ASIN|B002JHSFA4}}<br/>[[File:Cinefex cover 9 Japan.jpg|150px]]<br>Japan cover<br>ISBN 492493058X<br/> |
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− | + | *"[[James T. Kirk|Kirk]] Out", Kevin H. Martin, pp. 62-77 |
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|69, {{m|March|1997}} |
|69, {{m|March|1997}} |
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− | |style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Cinefex cover 69.jpg|150px]] |
+ | |style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Cinefex cover 69.jpg|150px]]<br>First printing cover<br>{{ASIN|B0016M0O0W}}<br/> [[File:Cinefex cover 69 reprint.jpg|150px]]<br>Reprint cover<br>{{ASIN|B0057BAEVC}}<br/> |
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− | + | *"[[Phoenix]] Rising", Kevin H. Martin, pp. 98-119 |
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− | |77, {{m|April|1999}} |
+ | |77, {{m|April|1999}}<br>23, {{d|28|December|1999}} (Japan)<br/> |
− | |style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Cinefex cover 77.jpg|150px]] |
+ | |style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Cinefex cover 77.jpg|150px]]<br>First printing cover<br>{{ASIN|B005MSJK7Y}}<br/> [[File:Cinefex cover 77 reprint.jpg|150px]]<br>Reprint cover<br>{{ASIN|B000KGAE28}}<br/>[[File:Cinefex cover 23 Japan.jpg|150px]]<br>Japan cover<br>ISBN 4924930288<br/> |
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− | + | *"Lost in the [[Briar Patch]]", Kevin H. Martin, pp. 68-95 |
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|93, {{m|April|2003}} |
|93, {{m|April|2003}} |
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− | |style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Cinefex cover 93.jpg|150px]] |
+ | |style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Cinefex cover 93.jpg|150px]]<br>First printing cover<br>{{ASIN|B0015MQPW4}}<br/> [[File:Cinefex cover 93 reprint.jpg|150px]]<br>Reprint cover<br>{{ASIN|B00723P5GW}}<br/> |
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− | + | *"Through a Glass Darkly", Bill Norton, pp. 88-111 |
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− | |118, {{m|July|2009}} |
+ | |118, {{m|July|2009}}<br>14, {{d|26|September|2009}} (Japan, 2nd relaunch) |
− | |style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Cinefex cover 118.jpg|150px]] |
+ | |style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Cinefex cover 118.jpg|150px]]<br>First printing cover<br/>[[File:Cinefex cover 118 reprint.jpg|150px]]<br>Reprint cover<br>{{ASIN|B005RPUTXQ}}<br/> [[File:Cinefex cover 14 Japan.jpg|150px]]<br>Japan cover<br>ISBN 9784862460912<br/> |
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+ | *"A New Enterprise", Joe Fordham, pp. 40-71 |
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+ | |134, {{m|July|2013}}<br>30, {{d|30|September|2013}} (Japan)<br/> |
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+ | |style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Cinefex cover 134.jpg|150px]]<br>Variant cover 1<br/>[[File:Cinefex cover 134 variant.jpg|150px]]<br>Variant cover 2<br/> [[File:Cinefex cover 134 reprint.jpg|150px]]<br>Reprint cover<br>{{ASIN|B00EW0SQ5A}}<br/>[[File:Cinefex cover 30 Japan.jpg|150px]]<br>Japan cover<br>ISBN 9784862461759<br/> |
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+ | |{{film|12}}: |
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+ | *"Dark Side of the Earth", Joe Fordham, pp. 70-91 |
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+ | ''The ''Star Trek'' cover was the rarer variant and has become collectible.'' |
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Revision as of 13:06, 9 February 2016
Template:Realworld Cinefex is a magazine that, in each issue, specifically focuses in-depth on the technical aspects of the special, or rather the visual effects, used in motion picture productions or, less frequently, in a particular television production which had been groundbreaking in this regard. Launched in 1980 under stewardship of Don Shay, it has become the foremost periodical magazine on "special effects", as it was known at the time, in the business and is (as of 2015) still being published. Its very first issue was equally dedicated to Star Trek: The Motion Picture and the movie Alien. Editorial staff has included at some point Mark Cotta Vaz.
Though there is a certain overlap in the subject matter with the contemporary magazines American Cinematographer and Cinefantastique, Cinefex's focus lies on the various aspects of creating of what is presently called "visual effects", whereas American Cinematographer is focused on the actual filming techniques and Cinefantastique, together with the other contemporary publication, Starlog, covered a lesser in-depth but wider range of behind-the-scenes aspects. As such, the magazines can be considered complimentary.
Having become a leading publication on the subject matter of visual effects, the magazine has seen several international variants in translation, released by local publishers; In Japan the magazine had by far the longest run, and was intermittently published from mid-1983 onward by several publishers, though the contents were not in sync with their American counterparts at first. The first publication run lasted for only twelve issues and ended in December 1985. [1] The magazine was relaunched in July 1993 with a restarted numbering as reference books (being endowed with ISBN-numbers) in a vertically orientated format, as opposed to the standard American lying format. In 2003, Cinefex LLC. pulled the license of the relaunch publisher Toys Press Inc. for copyright violations, after it was discovered that they had released unsanctioned side publications based on licensed Cinefex copy, among others a 1997 Star Wars book. [2] The first relaunch run had lasted for 39 issues. [3] From June 2006 onward the magazine was relaunched, synchronized for the American version contents with an one issue lag, for a second time by Born Digital, Inc. with again a restarted numbering in the format its immediate predecessor had employed.
Less successful and far shorter-lived efforts were undertaken in France (five issues plus one single October 1992 issue, stemming from a failed relaunch attempt), Italy (seven edited issues, renamed "CineVfx" for the last three issues [4]) and Russia (which lasted somewhat longer as at least 29 issues were known to exist by January 2012 [5]). As if to underscore the growing importance of Chinese digital effects companies play in the motion picture industry, publisher Don Shay launched the Chinese-language version of the magazine on 29 July 2015 in a ceremony at the Chinese Dexter Studios, Beijing. Its publishing company had released the first, vertically orientated issue four days previously, synchronized with issue 142 of the American source publication. [6]
Noteworthy is that Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan has not received any coverage in Cinefex.
Notable issues
Of particular relevance to Star Trek are the following issues:
Issue | Cover | Contents |
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1, March 1980 (USA) 4, 1 May 1984 (Japan) |
USA cover Japan Cover |
Star Trek: The Motion Picture:
As of 2015, this Japanese issue has been the only known foreign-language edition to carry a Star Trek-themed cover. |
2, August 1980 | Star Trek: The Motion Picture:
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18, August 1984 | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock:
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29, February 1987 | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home:
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37, February 1989 | TNG Season 1:
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42, May 1990 | Star Trek V: The Final Frontier:
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49, February 1992 | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country:
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61, March 1995 9, 20 December 1995 (Japan, 1st relaunch) |
First printing cover ASIN B000OONICE Reprint cover ASIN B002JHSFA4 Japan cover ISBN 492493058X |
Star Trek Generations:
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69, March 1997 | First printing cover ASIN B0016M0O0W Reprint cover ASIN B0057BAEVC |
Star Trek: First Contact:
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77, April 1999 23, 28 December 1999 (Japan) |
First printing cover ASIN B005MSJK7Y Reprint cover ASIN B000KGAE28 Japan cover ISBN 4924930288 |
Star Trek: Insurrection:
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93, April 2003 | First printing cover ASIN B0015MQPW4 Reprint cover ASIN B00723P5GW |
Star Trek Nemesis:
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118, July 2009 14, 26 September 2009 (Japan, 2nd relaunch) |
First printing cover Reprint cover ASIN B005RPUTXQ Japan cover ISBN 9784862460912 |
Star Trek:
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134, July 2013 30, 30 September 2013 (Japan) |
Variant cover 1 Variant cover 2 Reprint cover ASIN B00EW0SQ5A Japan cover ISBN 9784862461759 |
Star Trek Into Darkness:
The Star Trek cover was the rarer variant and has become collectible. |