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In Memoriam of Dr. Millie Young

Dr. Millie Young’s Book Chapter

by Tze-yue G. Hu • May 15, 2024 • 0 Comments

Millie and I first met at the 28th Annual Conference of the Society for Animation Studies held in Singapore in 2016. She was interested in my paper presentation about Buddhism and animation and asked relevant questions during the Q&A time.…

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Cartoon Saloon and the Crafting of a Studio Identity in the Digital Era

by Eve Benhamou • May 9, 2024 • 2 Comments

Since its creation in 1999, Kilkenny-based Cartoon Saloon has consistently stood out within the animation landscape, praised for its stories based on Irish folklore and showcasing a ‘painterly hand-drawn aesthetic’ (Rooney 2002). The studio’s first feature film, The Secret of…

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A Collective Effort: Irish Animation Studios

by Yvonne Hennessy • May 1, 2024 • 1 Comment

Ireland’s animation studios have emerged as a significant force in the global market, harnessing their unique position as the sole English-speaking country in the European Union and strategically leveraging funding partnerships because of their geographical positioning between both American and…

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Review: Pulses of Abstraction: Episodes from a History of Animation (2020), Andrew R. Johnston

by Andrew Connor • April 29, 2024 • 0 Comments

pulses of abstraction cover

In Pulses of Abstraction: Episodes from a History of Animation, Andrew R. Johnston contends that animation has been ‘pulsing in fits and starts with the creation, distribution and experimentation of new technologies’ (Johnston: 2024, p. 3). He sets out to…

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The birth of Spanish animation studios and their settlement during the Franco’s dictatorship

by Maria Pagès Rovira • April 26, 2024 • 0 Comments

Despite a common belief, the industrialization of Spanish animation studios took place only a decade later than in the United States. However, the first experiences happened at the beginning of the 20th century. We can claim that Segundo de Chomón…

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The hidden nature of the puppet film as a collective work: the Polish ‘Se-Ma-For’ Studio of Small Film Forms

by Ewa Ciszewska and Agata Hofelmajer-Roś • April 22, 2024 • 0 Comments

Puppet of Mr. Niteczka

Puppet films are often described as the work of a single author. The focus on the puppet featured in the film helps reveal the puppet filmmaking’s collaborative nature. A study on the collective mode of puppet filmmaking will be presented…

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How the Valley Became International: Animation Labor Divisions in Moomin TV Productions

by Roosa Hirvela • April 17, 2024 • 0 Comments

Moomins

Many animation productions are international efforts, though the creative control often comes from studios in the US or Europe, while the studios in Asia end up performing the actual animation work. I will explore how the creative control in animation…

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Hidden In Plain Sight: Aardman’s American Dream

by Markus Beeken • April 11, 2024 • 2 Comments

While the trademark thumbprint pressed into Gromit’s snout is the archetypal giveaway of British animation studio Aardman’s distinct material style, I was always more preoccupied by a splodge of jam. In several scenes of The Wrong Trousers (Nick Park, 1993),…

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Implying the Surface in Animation

Animating Affect in the Algorithmic

by Despina Papadopoulos • March 5, 2024 • 0 Comments

I have been taking photos, screenshots from my computer, printing them, re-photographing them, cropping them on my phone and reprinting them, creating assemblages that follow connections and human neural networks.  In this process I take the role of a generative…

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The Floating Horizon and Animated Disorientation

by Alla Gadassik • February 27, 2024 • 0 Comments

The horizon line is a key visual principle of the Western world-view, binding together histories of navigation, spatial representation, and philosophical inquiry. Ancient mariners valued the horizon as an orienting boundary between the earthly and the celestial, scanning perpendicularly across…

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