Animating Space [electronic resource] : From Mickey to WALL-E /
Telotte, J. P.,1949-
Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky,
c2010.
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 of what to include and leave out raises important questions about artistry, authorship, and cultural influence. In Animating Space: From Mickey to WALL-E, renowned scholar J. P. Telotte explores how animation has confronted the blank template, and how responses to that confrontation have changed. Focusing on American animation, Telotte tracks the development of animation in line with changing cultural attitudes toward spac
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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 of what to include and leave out raises important questions about artistry, authorship, and cultural influence. In Animating Space: From Mickey to WALL-E, renowned scholar J. P. Telotte explores how animation has confronted the blank template, and how responses to that confrontation have changed. Focusing on American animation, Telotte tracks the development of animation in line with changing cultural attitudes toward spac
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Early animation : of figures and spaces -- Winsor McCay's warped spaces -- The stereoscopic Mickey -- The double space of the Fleischer films -- Ub Iwerks's (multi)plain cinema -- Looking in on life : Disney's real spaces -- What's "up and down" Doc? Warner Bros., Chuck Jones, and abstract space -- Toontown spaces and the new hybrid world -- The Pixar reality : digital space and beyond -- Digital effects animation and the new hybrid cinema.
Description based on print version record.
Space and time in art.
Animated films