Re-Imagining Animation: The Changing Face of the Moving Image (Required Reading Range)

What's new in animation? Find out! \* Works from artists, animators, film-makers, scholars, archivists \* Ideal for serious students of film making and animation In this detailed look at animation today, a series of intriguing case studies are explored from production to final outcome. Each one is considered in terms of meaning, purpose, and effect, then put into context as part of today's animation culture. Hundreds of illustrations make it easy to follow experimental work from script to screen, exploring the intersections between animation, film, graphic design, and art. With insights from leading U.K. authors on animation, as well as Oscar-winning animators, artists, film makers, scholars, and archivists, "Re-Imagining Animation "offers the definitive look at animation today. Re-Imagining Animation: The Changing Face of the Moving Image by Paul Wells and Johnny Hardstaff explores the changing nature of animation in the twenty-first century. Animation was once constructed frame-by-frame, but now the creation and manipulation of the moving image has changed. With the digital revolution, what was once merely an adjunct of film has become central to the entire cinematic enterprise. This title examines animation's changing role through engagement with a series of contemporary moving-image works, and comprises an important text on a popular subject. Each case study looks at the entire creative process, from the initial creative stimulus, through the development of an aesthetic and the technical production of the work, to the final outcome. This book is suitable for students of animation, established professional animators, and anyone with an interest in animation. Re-imagining Animation examines the animated film as it becomes central to moving image practices in the contemporary era. Animation was once constructed frame-by-frame, one image following another, but now the creation and manipulation of the moving image has changed. With the digital revolution invading every creative enterprise and form of expression, pencils have become pixels, dreams have become data, and animation - once merely an adjunct of film - has become central to the whole cinematic enterprise. Reimagining Animation addresses animation's role at the heart of moving-image works - looking at the context in which they were produced, preparation and construction, the process of their making, research, development and applied aspects of the work as well as moving-image outcomes, and status within contemporary art and design practices This title will explore the creative, educational, technical and critical issues at stake in 're-imagining animation'