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“dr dan torre”

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  • Animation – Process, Cognition and Actuality

    by Dr Dan Torre ...
    Animation - Process, Cognition and Actuality presents a uniquely philosophical and multi-disciplinary approach to the scholarly study of animation, by using the principles of process philosophy and Deleuzian film aesthetics to discuss animation practices, from early optical devices to contemporary urban design and installations. Some of the original theories presented are a process-philosophy ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

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  • Studio Ghibli

    The Films of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata

    by Colin Odell, Michelle Le Blanc ...
    The animations of Japan's Studio Ghibli are amongst the highest regarded in the movie industry. Their delightful films rank alongside the most popular non-English language films ever made, with each new eagerly-anticipated release a guaranteed box-office smash. Yet this highly profitable studio has remained fiercely independent, producing a stream of imaginative and individual animations. The ... Read more

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  • Walt before Mickey

    Disney's Early Years, 1919-1928

    by Timothy S. Susanin ...
    For ten years before the creation of Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney struggled with, failed at, and eventually mastered the art and business of animation. Most biographies of his career begin in 1928, when Steamboat Willie was released. That first Disney Studio cartoon with synchronized sound made its main character--Mickey Mouse-an icon for generations.But Steamboat Willie was neither Disney's first ... Read more

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  • Out of the Inkwell

    Max Fleischer and the Animation Revolution

    by Richard Fleischer ...
    Max Fleischer (1883–1972) was for years considered Walt Disney's only real rival in the world of cartoon animation. The man behind the creation of such legendary characters as Betty Boop and the animation of Popeye the Sailor and Superman, Fleischer asserted himself as a major player in the development of Hollywood entertainment. Out of the Inkwell: Max Fleischer and the Animation Revolution is a ... Read more

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  • Anime

    A Critical Introduction

    by Rayna Denison ...
    Series series Film Genres
    Anime: A Critical Introduction maps the genres that have thrived within Japanese animation culture, and shows how a wide range of commentators have made sense of anime through discussions of its generic landscape. From the battling robots that define the mecha genre through to Studio Ghibli's dominant genre-brand of plucky shojo (young girl) characters, this book charts the rise of anime as a ... Read more

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  • EMPTY QUARTER (the heredity of the sand)

    by Baltasar ...
    …always, behind the black veil of darkness, the pulsating stars invite the man to offer his eyes and thought……this place has been like this for millions of years... I'm walking on sand and rock's grains that have certainly seen the steps of people lived here thousands of years ago... without leaving traces?...“EMPTY QUARTER”, is the name given to a desert of the Arabic peninsula, the extent of ... Read more

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  • Arthurian Animation

    A Study of Cartoon Camelots on Film and Television

    by Michael N. Salda ...
    This is an exploration of the potent blend of Arthurian legend, cartoon animation, and cultural and artistic trends from 1933 to the present. In more than 170 theatrical and televised short cartoons, televised series and specials, and feature-length films from The Sword in the Stone to Shrek the Third--all covered in this book--animators have repeatedly brought the Round Table to life. Although ... Read more

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  • Japanese Animation

    East Asian Perspectives

    Edited by Masao Yokota, Tze-yue G. Hu ...
    Japanese Animation: East Asian Perspectives makes available for the first time to English readership a selection of viewpoints from media practitioners, designers, educators, and scholars working in the East Asian Pacific. This collection not only engages a multidisciplinary approach in understanding the subject of Japanese animation but also shows ways to research, teach, and more fully explore ... Read more

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    Edited by Joy M. Perrin, Shelley E. Barba ...
    Since her first appearance in 1992, Harley Quinn--eccentric sidekick to the Joker--has captured the attention of readers like few new characters have in eight decades of Batman comics. Her bubbly yet malicious persona has earned her a loyal and growing fan base as she has crossed over into television, theater, video games, and film.In this collection of new essays, contributors explore her various ... Read more

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  • The Disney Middle Ages

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    Edited by T. Pugh, S. Aronstein ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    For many, the middle ages depicted in Walt Disney movies have come to figure as the middle ages, forming the earliest visions of the medieval past for much of the contemporary Western (and increasingly Eastern) imagination. The essayists of The Disney Middle Ages explore Disney's mediation and re-creation of a fairy-tale and fantasy past, not to lament its exploitation of the middle ages for ... Read more

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  • Translation, Globalization and Younger Audiences

    The Situation in Poland

    by Michał Borodo ...
    Series Book 25 - New Trends in Translation Studies
    Translating for younger audiences is in need of critical investigation, as children’s and teenagers’ literature and media products are being increasingly globalized and glocalized, with translation playing an important role in the process. Media phenomena such as Harry Potter and animated Disney films travel across continents through hundreds of local cultures. These productions exert a ... Read more

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