Figure and Force in Animation Aesthetics

How can we describe movements in animated films? In Figure and Force in Animation Aesthetics, Ryan Pierson introduces a powerful new method for the study of animation.

About the author

Ryan Pierson is Assistant Professor of Film at the University of Calgary.

Summary

How can we describe movements in animated films? In Figure and Force in Animation Aesthetics, Ryan Pierson introduces a powerful new method for the study of animation.

Additional text

Our theoretical terms and frameworks for understanding the moving imagedeveloped primarily through encounters with live-action mediafit animation awkwardly, if at all. Pierson wipes that slate clean and starts anew with refreshing and insightful questions about animation and movement. His answers are stunning and elegant; no one who cares about animation can ignore them. This book will reset the conversation about what animation is.

Product details

• Authors: Ryan Pierson
• Publisher: Oxford Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780190949754
• ISBN: 978-0-19-094975-4
• Dimensions: 244 mm x 162 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 519 g
• Illustrations: 72 animation stills, 3 illustrations
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; PERFORMING ARTS / Animation, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Animated films and animation, Animated Films, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Direction & Production, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism