| Description |
372 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Contents |
Preface -- History and acknowledgments -- Thanks to -- Introduction -- 1. An overview of stop-motion development --1.1 In the beginning -- 1.2 Development with creativity -- 1.3 Stop motion and technology -- 2. The animated image: its aesthetics and its narrative -- 2.1 The animated aesthetics -- 2.2 Narrative aspects -- 3. Analysis of animnation -- 3.1 Neighbours -- 3.2 De janela pro cinema [Cinema from a window] -- 3.3 The old man and the sea -- 3.4 Adagio -- 3.5 Aria -- Conclusions -- Simulation in animation -- The representation of animation -- The fabrication concept and meta-corpus and diegetic coherence -- Final considerations -- Textual and audiovisual references -- Index |
| Summary |
This book presents an analytic look at Animation, and especially at stop motion animation. There are many things that technological developments and the paradigm shift from the material to the work can make us fail to see and record, and thus be completely lost. This book is not intended to discuss historical or technical issues, but to analyse some animations from the point of view of their identity as creative and non-digital works. As expressions of art, these shorts stand out for their beauty, for their technical quality and for the messages they convey, so necessary nowadays. These shorts are: Neighbours (McLaren, 1952), De Janela Pro Cinema [Cinema From a Window] (Rodrigues, 1999), The Old Man and the Sea (Petrov, 2000), Adagio (Bardin, 2000) and Aria (Sapegin, 2001). The analyses were based on the concepts of semiotics, the simulacrum, the cinema, the theatre, the narrative and the communication theory. In this way, it is possible to verify how the aesthetic variety definitely interferes in the final result of the work, often visually contributing to “tell the story.” Despite this study resulting from academic research (a Master's Dissertation at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 2011) the text was revised to be pleasant and easy to read. The goal is to show the general public the universe of stop motion animation. And at the same time, to provide animators, students, teachers and researchers with another point of view on animated Art. The original text gave rise to more than seven articles published in Portuguese and Spanish, which are now collected and updated in this English language book. |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Animated films.
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Animation (Cinematography)
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| ISBN |
9789895414451 |
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