French animation history / Richard Neupert.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford ; Malden : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 192 pages, [6] pages of color plates) : illustrationsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781444392562
- 1444392565
- 9781444392586
- 1444392581
- 9781444392579
- 1444392573
- 791.43/340944 22
- NC1766.F8 N48 2011eb
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: the rise of animation in France -- Silent animation: Emile Cohl and his artisanal legacy -- French animation and the coming of sound -- Toward an alternative studio structure -- French animation's renaissance -- Conclusion: French animation today.
Print version record.
Animation: History and Narration is the first text book designed to introduce readers to a wide range of significant cartoons, chronicle animation's rich history, and establish productive critical approaches for rethinking the fascinating variety of animated storytelling. This comprehensive volume charts the evolution of the cartoon from from its simplistic--even crude--birth at the turn of the 20th Century to the dazzling high-tech manipulations of Dreamworks' and Pixar Studios and the popularity of the Cartoon Network. The overall structure of Animation: History and Narration.