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Course description
These studio courses will introduce the expansive possibilities of the animated film through a series of exercises in drawn, cut-out, object and digital animation techniques as well as an extended final project that will screen publicly. Class screenings, critiques, and visiting artist presentations will supplement in-class demonstrations. Students should expect to devote serious time to the coursework (up to 20 hours per week). Permission of the instructor is required-granted the first day of course.
[Source: ORC/Catalog, 05/06/2022]; DIST: ART
In the Library's collections
Resources about Animation and Animated films are split between two libraries.
Sherman Art Library has a wide range of books about animation and the art of drawing animation. Most books would be in the call number range NC 1765 through NC 1766.
Baker-Berry Library has books on animated films, their history and criticisms with the call number of PN 1997.5 on Baker Level 4.
Jones Media Center, in Baker-Berry Library, has a collection of short and feature animated films. The Subject heading "animated films" in the online catalog will show you lists of films, lists of films from various countries and books about those films in general.
If you are looking for a specific animated film title, do a Title search in the online catalog. If we have it, a record will display. If we do not have a particular title, and it is something you think the library's collection should have, you can always "Request a purchase" for the library to buy the title. Making a request does not guarantee the purchase, but it lets us know about our users' interests.
- animation (cinematography)You can narrow this search by added the name of a country.
Animation and the American imagination: a brief history by Call Number: Sherman Art Library NC 1766 .U5 A76 2017ISBN: 9781440833595Providing a detailed historical overview of animated film and television in the United States over more than a century, this book examines animation within the U.S. film and television industry as well as in the broader socio-cultural context. ...
The animation bible: a practical guide to the art of animating, from flipbooks to Flash by Call Number: Sherman Art Library NC 1765 .F86 2008bISBN: 9780810995451The Animation Bible is the first book any aspiring animator will want to own--and with increasingly affordable tools for digital animation and the vast forum of the Internet for free distribution, animation is becoming more popular than ever. Animation authority Maureen Furniss covers every aspect of production, from finding a concept, choosing a medium, and creating characters all the way to getting the end result screened and distributed. ...
Animation in the Middle East: practice and aesthetics from Baghdad to Casablanca by Call Number: ShermanArt Library NC 1766 .M628 A55 2017ISBN: 9781784533267The internationally acclaimed films Persepolis and Waltz with Bashir only hinted at the vibrant animation culture that exists within the Middle East and North Africa. In spite of censorship, oppression and war, animation studios have thrived in recent years - in Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Syria and Turkey - giving rise to a whole new generation of entrepreneurs and artists. The success of animation in the Middle East is in part a product of a changing cultural climate, which is increasingly calling for art that reflects politics. ...
How to make animated films: Tony White's complete masterclass on the traditional principles of animation by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780240810331Publication Date: [New ed.]Sadly the days of the traditional studio apprenticeship in animation are long gone but this book enables the reader to find the next best thing, watching and observing a Master Animator at work. Become Tony White's personal animation apprentice, and experience the golden era of the great Disney and Warner Brothers studios right in your own home or studio. Tony White's Animation Master Class is uniquely designed to cover the core principles of animated movement comprehensively. ...
Animating culture: Hollywood cartoons from the sound era by Call Number: Sherman Art Library NC 1766 .U5 S66 1993ISBN: 9780813519494Long considered "children's entertainment" by audiences and popular media, Hollywood animation has received little serious attention. Eric Smoodin's Animating Culture is the first and only book to thoroughly analyze the animated short film. Usually running about seven or eight minutes, cartoons were made by major Hollywood studios--such as MGM, Warner Bros., and Disney--and shown at movie theaters along with a newsreel and a feature-length film. Smoodin explores animated shorta and the system that mass-produced them. ...
The art of Pixar short films by Call Number: Sherman Art Library NC 1766 .U52 P5833 2009ISBN: 9780811866064While Pixar Animation Studios was creating beloved feature-length films such as Monsters Inc., Ratatouille, and WALL-E, it was simultaneously testing animation and storytelling techniques in dozens of memorable short films. Andre and Wally B proved that computer animation was possible; Tin Toy laid the groundwork for what would become Toy Story; and Mike's New Car exposed Pixar's finely tuned funny bone. In The Art of Pixar Short Films, animation expert and short film devotee Amid Amidi shines a spotlight on these and many more memorable vignettes from the Pixar archive.
The art of Ray Harryhausen by Call Number: Sherman Art Library NC 1766 .U52 H37 2006ISBN: 9780823084005Profiling the works of the greatest animator in movie history, this lavishly illustrated volume is an enlightening follow-up to Ray Harryhausen: An Animated Life. 286 illustrations, 211 in full color.- Between genius & utter illiteracy: a story of Estonian animation byCall Number: Sherman Art Library NC 1766.E75 R63 2003ISBN: 9789985307229
Cartooning in Latin America by Call Number: Baker-Berry PN 6790 .S645 C37 2005ISBN: 9781572735606Cartoons and comics have played important roles in the political and social processes of Latin America for more than a century. This book coalesces, for the first time in one volume, aspects of comic art of the entire region, capturing historical backgrounds, documenting trends, problems and situations of comic art in contemporary settings, and profiling cartoonists, comics characters, titles and genres. ...
Hollywood flatlands: animation, critical theory and the avant-garde by Call Number: Baker-Berry TR 897.5 .L47 2002ISBN: 9781859846124With ruminations on drawing, color and caricature, on the political meaning of fairy-tales, talking animals and human beings as machines, Hollywood Flatlands brings to light the links between animation, avant-garde art and modernist criticism. Focusing on the work of aesthetic and political revolutionaries of the inter-war period, Esther Leslie reveals how the animation of commodities can be studied as a journey into modernity in cinema. ...
Living life inside the lines: tales from the golden age of animation by Call Number: Sherman Art Library NC 1766.U5 S54 2005ISBN: 9781578067497Martha Sigall worked with all the classic cartoon characters-Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tom & Jerry, Droopy Dawg, Beany & Cecil, Tweety, and Porky Pig-and the madcap artists who created them-Chuck Jones, Tex Avery, Bob Clampett, Frank Tashlin, Friz Freleng, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, Bill Melendez, and Ben (Bugs) Hardaway. As a teenager Sigall became an apprentice painter working in the Golden Age of Hollywood at the Leon Schlesinger studio, making $12.75 per week coloring animation cels that would introduce Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd to the world. She recounts her wild and wonderful experiences with the Warner Bros. cartoon crew, working and laughing all day with the animators, partying all night with the Looney Tunes gang on the bowling and baseball teams, and participating in weekend scavenger hunts. ...
Shadow of a mouse: performance, belief and world-making in animation by Call Number: Sherman Art Library NC 1765 .C73 2013ISBN: 9780520261044
Unsung heroes of animation by Call Number: Sherman Art Library NC 1765 .R62 2005ISBN: 9780861966653When future cinema archaeologists dig deep into the history of the art form that was animation, and its artists, during the late 20th and early 21st centuries, this excellent collection of insightful biographical essays by Chris Robinson, a modern Vasari, will provide invaluable illumination.... Robinson is the perfect guide, viewing as he does over 1,000 animated films a year. His book focuses on a world of little-known, fiercely independent contemporary animators. ...
Yellow crocodiles and blue oranges: Russian animated film since world war two by Call Number: Baker-Berry PN 1993.5 .R8 M33 2005ISBN: 9780773528710Yellow Crocodiles and Blue Oranges is a comprehensive history that reveals the revolutionary spirit and philosophical underpinnings of Russian animation.
The animated century by Call Number: Jones Media DVD #2784Professors Elderberry and Horace introduce clips from 160 animated films from 26 countries. They discuss the most significant animated films of the past 100 years.
Animation & the animated film from Oxford Bibliographies Online by Call Number: Electronic resourceISBN: 9780199791286For many years, animation received minimal recognition as a significant form of cinematic and artistic expression. A seemingly irrevocable process of marginalization and dismissal has been arrested, however, by the enduring presence of animation festivals worldwide, the rise of animation studies in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and the exponential rise in animation production in all sectors of media, culture, and the arts.
Computer animation celebration by Call Number: Jones Media DVD #73ISBN: 9781573308960A collection of computer-animated short films.- John Whitney Sr. byCall Number: Jones Media DVD #9920Robert Gardner interviews John Whitney and fellow animator Eric Martin on the inaugural episode of "Screening Room" in 1972. "Abstract computer animator, inventor and digital pioneer John Whitney Sr. (1917-1995) is widely considered the 'father of computer graphics.'
Norman McLarenCall Number: Jones Media DVD #3394 discs 1-2, bookExplores the creative process and techniques of Norman McLaren, artist, cinematographer and animator; includes excerpts from McLaren's film vaults, interviews and narration.
Richard Williams' Animation masterclass presents The animator's survival kit by Call Number: Jones Media DVD #16568Based on his master class, animator Richard Williams provides the underlying principles of animation that every animator -- from beginner to expert, classic animator to computer animation whiz -- needs.- William Kentridge: drawing the passing: documentaryCall Number: Jones Media Video tape #3493In November 1998, filmmaker Reinhard Wulf and art historian Maria Anna Tappeiner visited Kentridge's Johannesburg studio to film the artist at work. The resulting documentary records Kentridge in the final stages of animating Stereoscope. It includes excerpts from the finished film, plus Kentridge's reflections on his work and the process of making it.
- Association International du Film d'Animation (ASIFA)
The official site of the International Animated Film Association. It was founded in 1960 in Annecy (France) by the most famous animation artists of that time (like Norman McLaren & many others). The goal of ASIFA International is to promote cultural understanding through the art of animation. - Best Animated Short Films from Short of the WeekThey want to discover and promote the greatest and most innovative storytellers from around the world.
- Don Markstein's Toonopedia
The author's attempt to gather and share information and observations about the toon world — a "toon" being anything that's done in cartoon form, such as animated films, comic books, etc. - Origins of American Animation - L of C
The development of early American animation is represented by this collection of 21 animated films and 2 fragments, which spans the years 1900 to 1921. The films include clay, puppet, and cut-out animation, as well as pen drawings. - Richard's Animated DivotsThis site has a Chronology of Animation, animation filmographies, a Bibliography of Animation and other links. No longer current.
- Society for Animation StudiesThe Society for Animation Studies (SAS) has supported the study of animation since 1987.
- The Big Cartoon Database (BCDB)The BCDB Is a Giant Directory of Cartoon Episode Guides, Cast and Crew Information, Animated Film Lists, Cartoon Character Registry and Cartoon Pictures.
- UCLA's Preserved Silent AnimationThe collection of animation at UCLA Film & Television Archive from the years 1930-1950 is practically without peer. Nitrate prints of classic cartoons abound, as do original negatives or best-surviving printing elements for many of the films from animation’s “golden era.”
A selected list of animated film titles
Find more animated films through the library's online catalog.
The adventures of Tintin by Call Number: Jones Media DVD #14274ISBN: 9781415762349Racing to uncover the secrets of a sunken ship that may hold a vast fortune -- but also an ancient curse -- Tintin and his loyal dog Snowy embark on an action-packed journey.
Allegro non troppo by Call Number: Jones Media DVD #4013ISBN: 9780780027916Master animator Bruno Bozzetto offers his irreverent tribute to Disney's Fantasia. Transcending parody, this erotic, satiric, and delirious animated film featuring six classical music pieces represents Bozzetto's vision of the world. Humorous live action scenes of the animator and an elderly all-women orchestra led by a lively conductor are interspersed with the animated shorts.
Anomalisa by Call Number: Jones Media DVD #19903Michael Stone, husband, father and noted author, travels to Cincinnati to speak at a customer service conference. But once he's separated from the routine of his daily life, a chance encounter helps him to realize just what, and whom, he's been missing.
April and the extraordinary world by Call Number: Jones Media DVD #19898A family of scientists is on the brink of a powerful discovery when a mysterious force suddenly abducts them, leaving their young daughter April behind. Years later, April carries on her family's research in secret with her cat, Darwin, but soon finds herself at the center of a shadowy conspiracy and on the run from government agents, bicycle-powered airships, and cyborg rat spies!
Belleville rendez-vousCall Number: Jones Media DVD #1726ISBN: 9781404948570A bicyclist is kidnapped from the Tour de France by mysterious gangsters; his grandmother travels to the city of Belleville (which has a sardonic version of the Statue of Liberty in its harbor), where she tracks him down with the help of a musical trio gone to seed, the Belleville Triplets.
The best of Betty BoopCall Number: Jones Media DVD #3813 discs 1-2A collection of short films about a curvaceous young woman released between 1933 and 1939.
The brave little toaster to the rescueCall Number: Jones Media DVD #2575ISBN: 9780788845604Toaster and his appliance friends make new friends at the veterinary school hospital where their human Rob works. When they discover that the animals are about to be sent to a testing laboratory they embark on another adventure to rescue their new friends.
Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed: ein Silhouetten Film = The adventures of Prince Achmed: a silhouette film by Call Number: Jones Media DVD #12645ISBN: 9783898487504An African sorcerer conjures up a flying horse, which he shows to the Caliph. When the sorcerer refuses to sell it for any amount of gold, the Caliph offers any treasure he has. The sorcerer chooses Dinarsade, the Caliph's daughter, to her great distress. Prince Achmed, Dinarsade's brother, objects, but the sorcerer persuades him to try out the horse. It carries the prince away, higher and higher into the sky, as he does not know how to control it. The Caliph has the sorcerer imprisoned. ...
Neither the original negatives nor a full version of the original film survives. This version was restored from an all-but-complete nitrate positive preserved in the BFI's National Film and Television Archive, with German-language intertitles copied from Dulac's original designs, by the Deutsches Filmmuseum, Frankfurt am Main.
Looney tunes by Call Number: Jones Media DVD #1748 disc 1-4ISBN: 9780790781761Featuring some of the very earliest, ground-breaking on-screen appearances of many all-time Looney Tunes favorites, it's an unprecedented celebration for cartoon-lovers eager to re-live the heady, hilarious, golden age of Warner Bros. animation. Fifty-six landmark animated marvels, including Bugs Bunny, in a dazzling assortment of his very best toons. Also highlighted: the ever-flustered Daffy Duck and eternal straight-man Porky Pig. ...
Madagascar by Call Number: Jones Media DVD #9206ISBN: 9781417073535A lion and zebra and two other of their pampered friends, from New York's Central Park Zoo, accidentally find themselves on a ship heading for Africa. When their vessel is hijacked, they become shipwrecked on the exotic island of Madagascar where they discover it really is a jungle out there!
Ponyo by Call Number: Jones Media DVD #9671ISBN: 9780788896774A young boy named Sosuke rescues a goldfish named Ponyo, and they embark on a fantastic journey of friendship before Ponyo's father forces her to return to the sea. Ponyo's desire to be human upsets the balance of nature and only Ponyo's mother, a beautiful sea goddess, can restore nature's balance and make Ponyo's dreams come true.
Finding scholarly articles & journal title(s)
Animation studies: peer reviewed online journal for animation history and theory by Call Number: Electronic journalThe Society for Animation Studies published Animation Studies.
Animation magazine by Call Number: Electronic journalThis is a trade publication the covers all aspects of the animation industry.
Film & television literature indexCall Number: Electronic resourceThis index covers over 300 journal and magazine titles for film and television reviews, scholarly and critical analysis of cinema and television, and articles of popular interest about film and television. About half the journals and magazines are film periodicals and the other half cover film and television with some regularity. Subject coverage includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.- ARTbibliographies modern byCall Number: Electronic resourceThis database is the only specialist bibliography available for the study of modern and contemporary art. Covers all art forms, from painting, sculpture and photography to video, body art and graffiti.
Art full text by Call Number: Electronic resourceOffers full text plus abstracts of articles published from 1984-present. Coverage includes all aspects of the Visual Arts & Art History. Indexing includes images and advertisments.
Web of science citation databases by Call Number: Electronic resourceThe online version of 3 separate ISI indexes: Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index and, Social Sciences Citation Index.
Citing and Tracking Your Bibliographic References
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