Wells Animation, Sport and Culture

2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-02763-4
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 233 Seiten, eBook

Animation, Sport and Culture is a wide-ranging study of both sport and animated films. From Goofy to Goalkeepers, Wallace and Gromit to Tiger Woods, Mickey Mouse to Messi, and Nike to Nationhood, this Olympic-sized analysis looks at the history, politics, aesthetics and technologies of sport and animation from around the globe.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wells, P.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction: Sport and Animation: A Good Match? Why Animation? 1. Body Languages – Early Sporting Animation: Why Sport? 2. Good Sports – Re-Imagining the Cartoon: Animated History 3. Olympianimation: Global Forms and Perspectives 4. Animated Art, Sporting Aesthetics - Sport is Not Art 5. Animating Sporting Morals, Ethics, and Politics 6. Animation, Sport and Technology: A Tin Can on Wheels Conclusion: Sport and Animation: A Good Match? Bibliography Filmography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Paul Wells is Director of the Animation Academy, Loughborough University, UK. He has written widely in Animation Studies, including Understanding Animation, Re-Imagining Animation and The Animated Bestiary. He is also an established writer and director for TV, Film, Radio and Theatre, conducting consultancies worldwide based on his book, Scriptwriting.