Animation

Widely acclaimed as the best animated film of all time, Tale of Tales is a poetic amalgam of Yuri Norstein's memories of his past and hopes and fears for the future: his post-war childhood, remnants of the personal tragedies of war, the little wolf...

Want to create studio-quality work and get noticed? Just coming off Flash and looking for a Toon Boom intro? Are you a traditional pencil-and-paper animator? From scene setup to the final render, learn how to navigate the Toon Boom interface to create...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903364208Author Paul WellsFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Wallflower PressPublisher Wallflower PressWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm) 247mm * 139mm *...

Although its early films featured racial caricatures and exclusively Caucasian heroines, Disney has, in recent years, become more multicultural in its filmic fare and its image. From Aladdin and Pocohontas to the Asian American Russell boy in Up, from...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781861718211Author Jeremy Mark RobinsonFormat HardbackPage Count 572Imprint Crescent Moon PublishingPublisher Crescent Moon PublishingWeight(grams)...

Animated Performance shows how a character can seemingly 'come to life' when their movements reflect the emotional or narrative context of their situation: when they start to 'perform'. The many tips, examples and exercises from a veteran of the...

A continuation of 1994's groundbreaking Cartoons, Giannalberto Bendazzi's Animation: A World History is the largest, deepest, most comprehensive text of its kind, based on the idea that animation is an art form that deserves its own place in scholarship...

How animation can reconnect us with bodily experiences Film and media studies scholarship has often argued that digital cinema and CGI provoke a sense of disembodiment in viewers; they are seen as merely fantastic or unreal. In her in-depth...

What is your role? Learn how to establish expectations and needs specific to the project and team. How do you establish a vision? Learn how to better define and communicate creative topics such as a cohesive character performance and animation style...

Hungarian urban culture in the 20th and the 21st centuries.When consulting key works on urban studies, the absence of Central and Eastern European towns is striking. Cities such as Vienna, Budapest, Prague, and Trieste, where such notable figures as...

When most people are asked what the first animated movie is, they assume it's Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937. For three years (1923-1926), a young, female animation director, her husband, and four men crafted the oldest surviving...

Over the last century, the medium of animation has served as an expression of childhood as well as a method of subverting the expectations of what society has promised for the future. Separated into three parts, this work assembles various explorations...

This book examines the relationship that exists between fantasy cinema and the medium of animation. Animation has played a key role in defining our collective expectations and experiences of fantasy cinema, just as fantasy storytelling has often served...

Television and film have always been connected, but recent years have seen them overlapping, collaborating, and moving towards each other in ever more ways. Set amidst this moment of unprecedented synergy, this book examines how television and film...

By the turn of the 21st century, animation production has grown to thousands of hours a year in the People's Republic of China (PRC). Despite this, and unlike American blockbuster productions and the diverse genres of Japanese anime, much animation from...

This book describes the thematic and structural traits of a recent and popular development within the realm of anime: series adapted from visual novels. Visual novels are interactive fiction games in which players creatively control decisions and plot...

This encyclopedia is devoted to the actors who provided voices for all the Disney animated theatrical shorts and features from the 1928 Mickey Mouse cartoon Steamboat Willie to the 2010 feature film Tangled. More than 900 men, women, and child actors...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780473338862Author Craig LauridsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 214Imprint AcumenPublisher AcumenWeight(grams) 421gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 191mm * 11mm

Celebrated as Pixar's "Chief Creative Officer," John Lasseter is a revolutionary figure in animation history and one of today's most important filmmakers. Lasseter films from Luxo Jr. to Toy Story and Cars 2 highlighted his gift for creating emotionally...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948216906Author Michael TroyFormat PaperbackPage Count 26Imprint Tidalwave ProductionsPublisher Tidalwave ProductionsSeries FameWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948724234Author Michael TroyFormat PaperbackPage Count 26Imprint Tidalwave ProductionsPublisher Tidalwave ProductionsSeries FameWeight(grams)...

Contributions by Graham Barton, Raz Greenberg, Gyongyi Horvath, Birgitta Hosea, Tze-yue G. Hu, Yin Ker, M. Javad Khajavi, Richard J. Leskosky, Yuk Lan Ng, Giryung Park, Eileen Anastasia Reynolds, Akiko Sugawa-Shimada, Koji Yamamura, Masao Yokota, and...

Contributions by Graham Barton, Raz Greenberg, Gyongyi Horvath, Birgitta Hosea, Tze-yue G. Hu, Yin Ker, M. Javad Khajavi, Richard J. Leskosky, Yuk Lan Ng, Giryung Park, Eileen Anastasia Reynolds, Akiko Sugawa-Shimada, Koji Yamamura, Masao Yokota, and...

With the incredibly long history of Batman and associated comics, it is unusual for something new to come along and grab a new generation's attention. That is exactly what happened in 1992 when young fans were introduced to Harley Quinn, a strange and...

Widely regarded as Japan's greatest animated director, Hayao Miyazaki creates films lauded for vibrant characters and meaningful narrative themes. Examining the messages of his 10 full-length films-from Nausicaa (1984) to The Wind Rises (2013)-this study...

British Television Animation 1997-2010 charts a moment in TV history where UK comic animation graduated from the margins as part of a post-Simpsons broadcast landscape. Shows like Monkey Dust, Modern Toss and Stressed Eric not only reflected the times...

This book examines the life of the Australian artist Harry Reade (1927-1998) and his largely overlooked contribution to animation. It constitutes a biography of Reade, tracing his life from his birth to his period of involvement with animation between...

This comprehensive reference to TV cartoon shows covers some 75 years. In the decade or so since the first edition, the industry has grown and expanded to previously unimagined heights, thanks in great part to the upsurge of cable TV services catering to...

The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) began in 1976 and stands today as one of the oldest and largest animation events in the world. One of the unique features of the OIAF is the inclusion of commissioned writings that provide attendees with...

There is a lot one could say about animation in Europe, but above all, there is no consistent European animation. It is as disparate as the various countries involved. Audiences will certainly recognize American or Japanese animation, but in Europe, it...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798790987137Author Lex DunbarFormat PaperbackPage Count 274Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798580026756Author Dominica PreciousFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798887710112Author Keith ScottFormat HardbackPage Count 360Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 649gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 21mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629338668Author Mark ArnoldFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 1139gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 22mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629334592Author Matthew HahnFormat PaperbackPage Count 414Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 549gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629334608Author Matthew HahnFormat HardbackPage Count 414Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 721gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 24mm

Race does not exist in animation-it must instead be constructed and ascribed. Yet, over the past few years, there has been growing discourse on the intersection of these two subjects within both academic and popular circles. In Race and the Animated...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781861718754Author Jeremy Mark RobinsonFormat HardbackPage Count 440Imprint Crescent Moon PublishingPublisher Crescent Moon PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629335483Author Buck BiggersFormat HardbackPage Count 206Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 445gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 13mm

Kyoto Animation is a studio that, having risen from very humble beginnings, has gained recognition the world over as a uniquely inspired and inventive enterprise. This book examines Kyoto Animation's philosophy and creative vision with close reference to...