In this much-needed study of a neglected medium, Paul Wells undertakes aconvincing defence of the animated film as a significant art form, explaining, why animation has been consigned to the margins of film history and criticism, and offering a variety of strategies for inrtpreting and evaluating animated film. Part history, part theory, part celebration, Understanding Animation explores approaches to animation through an electric range of case studies from Betty Boop's Snow White , to Jan Svankmajer's Jabberwocky . Opening with the discussion of the early history of animation through experimental figures like Emile Reynaud and J. Stuat Blavkton, Wells moves on to discuss narrative strategies; the idea of realism and Disney-esque hyper-realism, the construction of comedy; representations of gender and race, and animation and audience research. Understanding Animation provides a range of points of access into this undervalued medium, and demostrates that the animated film has much to tell us about ourselves, the cultures we live in and our view of art and our society.
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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, animare, 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, experimental animation, clay animation, animated form, documentary tendency, puppet animation, primal motives, comic events, feminine aesthetic, animated film, action abstraction, cel animation, cartoon animation, puppet figures, city cousin, cartoon form, associative relations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Warner Brothers, Snow White, Road Runner, Mickey Mouse, Tex Avery, Chuck Jones, Betty Boop, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Donald Duck, Duck Amuck, Jan Svankmajer, Night Out, Olive Oyl, Walt Disney, Soda Jerks, The Cat Came Back, The Jungle Book, World War, Creature Comforts, Eastern European, Bob Clampett, Daddy's Little Bit of Dresden China, Disney Studios, John Wayne New!
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To animate, and the related words, animation, animated and animator all derive from the latin verb, animare, 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, experimental animation, clay animation, animated form, documentary tendency, puppet animation, primal motives, comic events, feminine aesthetic, animated film, action abstraction, cel animation, cartoon animation, puppet figures, city cousin, cartoon form, associative relations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Warner Brothers, Snow White, Road Runner, Mickey Mouse, Tex Avery, Chuck Jones, Betty Boop, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Donald Duck, Duck Amuck, Jan Svankmajer, Night Out, Olive Oyl, Walt Disney, Soda Jerks, The Cat Came Back, The Jungle Book, World War, Creature Comforts, Eastern European, Bob Clampett, Daddy's Little Bit of Dresden China, Disney Studios, John Wayne New!
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- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Pictureback(R)) by RH Disney on 8 pages
- Betty Boop by Max Fleischer on 6 pages
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Disney) by Walt Disney on 5 pages
- Wrong Trousers, The by Nick Park on 4 pages
- Little Nemo by Winsor McCay on 4 pages
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- 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
- Animation and America by Paul Wells 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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