Understanding Animation is a comprehensive introduction to animated film, from cartoons to computer animation. Paul Wells' insightful account of a critically neglected but increasingly popular medium: explains the defining characteristics of animation as a cinematic form outlines different models and methods which can be used to interpret and evaluate animated films traces the development of animated film around the world, from Betty Boop to Wallace and Gromit . Part history, part theory, and part celebration, Understanding Animation includes: notes towards a theory of animation an explanation of animation's narrative strategies an analyis of how comic events are constructed a discussion of representation, focusing on gender and race primary research on animation and audiences. Paul Wells' argument is illustrated with case studies, including Daffy Duck in Chuck Jones' Duck Amuck , Jan Svankmajer's Jabberwocky , Tex Avery's Little Rural Riding Hood and King Size Canary ', and Nick Park's Creature Comforts . Understanding Animation demonstrates that the animated film has much to tell us about ourselves, the cultures we live in, and our view of art and soci
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Paul Wells is Senior Lecturer at DeMontfort University, Leicester.
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This is essentially a scholar book for students of art science: lots of texts, few pictures, and in black and white. It contains a good discussion on the origin of animation, and it tries to specify its specific characteristics. It contains many and very diverse examples, but, of course, they work best as such, when one is able to see the mentioned films. I think this book really helps the reader 'understanding' animation (at least it helps to develop an analytical view towards animation as an art form), but I don't think it is suited for the average animation fan.
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To animate, and the related words, animation, animated and animator all derive from the latin verb, animate, which means 'to give life to', and within the context of the animated film, this largely means the artificial creation of the illusion of movement in inanimate lines and forms. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
orthodox animation, developmental animation, animated filin, clay animation, experimental animation, puppet animation, animated form, comic events, animated film, feminine aesthetic, cel animation, cartoon animation, primal forms Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Road Runner, Warner Brothers, Snow White, Mickey Mouse, Tex Avery, Chuck Jones, Donald Duck, Duck Amuck, Betty Boop, Bugs Bunny, Night Out, Red Riding Hood, Soda Jerks, The Jungle Book, World War, Creature Comforts, Walt Disney, Daddy's Little Bit of Dresden China, Disney Studio, Eastern European, George Pal, John Wayne, Paul Driessen, Pink Konkommer, Sleeping Beauty New!
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To animate, and the related words, animation, animated and animator all derive from the latin verb, animate, which means 'to give life to', and within the context of the animated film, this largely means the artificial creation of the illusion of movement in inanimate lines and forms. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
orthodox animation, developmental animation, animated filin, clay animation, experimental animation, puppet animation, animated form, comic events, animated film, feminine aesthetic, cel animation, cartoon animation, primal forms Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Road Runner, Warner Brothers, Snow White, Mickey Mouse, Tex Avery, Chuck Jones, Donald Duck, Duck Amuck, Betty Boop, Bugs Bunny, Night Out, Red Riding Hood, Soda Jerks, The Jungle Book, World War, Creature Comforts, Walt Disney, Daddy's Little Bit of Dresden China, Disney Studio, Eastern European, George Pal, John Wayne, Paul Driessen, Pink Konkommer, Sleeping Beauty New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Jungle Book (Disney The Jungle Book) (Little Golden Book) by RH Disney on 5 pages
- Wrong Trousers, The by Nick Park on 4 pages
- Betty Boop by Max Fleischer on 4 pages
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Disney) by Walt Disney in Front Matter, page 185, and Back Matter
- Steamboat Willie (Picture Book) by RH Disney on page 14, page 196, and Back Matter
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- Animation and America by Paul Wells on 6 pages
- Anime from Akira to Princess Mononoke: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation by Susan J. Napier on 6 pages
- Anime from Akira to Princess Mononoke: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation by Susan J. Napier on 6 pages
- Tunes for 'Toons: Music and the Hollywood Cartoon by Daniel Goldmark in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Prime Time Animation: Television Animation and American Culture by Carol Stabile in Front Matter, and page 203
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