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Description
Animators work within a strictly defined, limited space that requires difficult artistic decisions. The blank frame presents a dilemma for all animators, and the decision as to what to include and leave out raises important questions about artistry, authorship, and cultural influence. This book explores how animation has confronted the blank template, and how responses to that confrontation have changed. Focusing on American animation, the book tracks the development of animation in line with changing cultural attitudes toward space and examines innovations that elevated the medium from a novelty to a fully realized art form. From Winsor McCay and the Fleischer brothers to the Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros., and Pixar Studios, this book explores the contributions of those who invented animation, those who refined it, and those who, in the current digital age, are using it to redefine the very possibilities of cinema.
Publication Date
2010
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Place of Publication
Lexington, KY
ISBN
978-0-8131-2586-2
eISBN
978-0-8131-3371-3 (pdf version)
eISBN
978-0-8131-3979-1 (epub version)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5810/kentucky/9780813125862.001.0001
Keywords
Animation, Animators, Artistry, Authorship, Cultural influence, Space, Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros., Pixar Studios
Disciplines
American Film Studies | American Popular Culture | Film and Media Studies | Mass Communication
Recommended Citation
Telotte, J. P., "Animating Space: From Mickey to WALL-E" (2010). Film and Media Studies. 31.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_film_and_media_studies/31
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