ABSTRACT

Description:

A Moving Subject offers a collection of essays from around the world. From Italy to the Middle East, from an analysis of A Night on Bald Mountain to African cinema animation, these essays help to paint the world of animation in a comprehensive and international manner. Handpicked by renowned animation historian and researcher Giannalberto Bendazzi, this book offers a look at the global foundations of animation from disparate regions, peoples and methods, and helps to demonstrate animation as a unifying factor of the human race.

Key Features:

  • A fresh perspective on animation from a global lens
  • A new look into traditional animation produced from around the world
  • Essays that reflect on the nature of colour, animation and light

 

Author:

A former professor at the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore and the Università degli Studi of Milan, Italian-born Giannalberto Bendazzi has thoroughly investigated the history of animation for more than forty years. A founding member of the Society for Animation Studies, he has authored or edited various classics in various languages and has lectured extensively on every continent. He received an honorary doctorate from Lisbon University in 2019.

chapter Chapter 4|10 pages

Defining Animation

A Proposal *

chapter Chapter 5|18 pages

African Cinema Animation *

chapter Chapter 6|22 pages

Alexandre Alexeieff

Poems of Light and Shadow *

chapter Chapter 7|6 pages

The First Reviews of A Night on Bald Mountain *

chapter Chapter 8|4 pages

Dreams of Alexeieff

chapter Chapter 9|18 pages

Bruno Bozzetto

His Early Years *

chapter Chapter 10|4 pages

Address

Rossi, Mitteleuropa

chapter Chapter 11|4 pages

The Egg of Cohl