My small contribution to the Fantasy/Animation proceedings has been to think through animation’s place within what Pierre Mac Orlan (pseudonym of Pierre Dumarchey, 1882-1970) termed the ‘social fantastic’; a concept he developed, principally, over the 1920s and 1930s. At the…
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Disney Animated Features and Engaging Middle Grade Learners
by Eleanor Huntington • April 19, 2015 • 3 Comments
Teaching middle school girls, particularly middle school girls of color, about the legacy of imperialism can be simultaneously disturbing and disheartening. Learning about imperialism requires revisiting the legacy of cultural dominance with a group of young people who are still…
The Mechanical Mouse – The Manufacturing Systems of Animation
by Daryl Boman • November 11, 2013 • 0 Comments
The subject of technology in animation would not be complete without the inclusion of the innovations of the systems that allowed the art form to thrive in a commercial fashion. Much has been made of the artists and to a…
Animated Performance – Reflections on an Interpretational Framework
by Chris Pallant • September 9, 2013 • 0 Comments
A pig that doesn’t fly is just a pig. So says the eponymous Porco Rosso. I have suggested elsewhere (Pallant, 2012) the need to recognise the tension that underpins animated performance, whereby actorly and animatorly performance occupy two extremes of…
The Fleischer Studio’s ‘Setback’ Camera vs. Disney realism
by Luke Jaeger • May 7, 2013 • 14 Comments
Ask an American “who invented animation” and the most likely response will be “Walt Disney.” Students of animation history know better, of course — but while Disney contributed significantly to the development of the form, his most permanent legacy may…