Animation in Spain

Magic Tricks, Drawings on Cels, and CGI
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-89207-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: European Animation

This book provides a comprehensive account of Spanish animation history, from its early days through to the arrival of CGI. It examines the two main centers of production, Barcelona and Madrid, as well as evolving animation hubs in the Basque Country and Galicia.

The book also pays tribute to the women that were significant to the animation industry and had been invisible for many years, highlighting more recent attempts to achieve equality in the Spanish animation industry thanks to help from the government and women associations looking to balance the inequality in this domain.

This book will be of great interest to academics, students, and professionals working and researching in the field of animation.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional Reference

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rovira, Maria Pages

Rovira, Maria Pagès

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Animationsfilme, Zeichentrickfilme

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction, 2. From Trick Films to Cels (1906-1915): Early Spanish Animation, 3. The Arrival of American Techniques (1915-1939): Advertising Introduces Factory Production-line Routines, 4. The Golden Age of Spanish Animation (1939-1952), 5. From Short Production to Long-form Animated Film (1945-1952), 6. The Decline of Feature Films and the Emergence of Contemporary Advertising Strategies (1952-1966), 7. Television, Inner Market and Underground Economy (1966-1975), 8. The Opposing Ways to Face Outsourcing in the 1960s and 1970s: Cruz Delgado Studio and Filman, 9. The Invigoration of Regional Autonomy in the Post-dictatorship Era and the Basque Production after 1975, 10. Final Splendor of Spanish Traditional Animation (1975-1990), 11. Maite Ruiz de Austri, a Fruitful Director, 12. Hybridization of 2D and 3D: Studios and Periodization, 13. Women Association and Government Subsidies: Looking for Equality, 14. Conclusions, Appendix 1. Interview with Carles and Jordi Grangel (Grangel Studio), Appendix 2. Discussion Session with Isabel Herguera, Director of Sultana’s Dream (2023)

Über Autor(innen)

Maria Pagès Rovira specializes in Spanish animation, holding a PhD in Animation from Universitat de Vic-UCC. She teaches 2D Animation in Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and she is a member of the Research Group Dicode in the Centre de la Imatge i la Tecnologia Multimèdia.