Animation (Pocket Essential series)

✍ Scribed by Mark Whitehead

• Publisher: Pocket Essentials
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 160
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Pocket Essentials is a dynamic series of books that are concise, lively, and easy to read. Packed with facts as well as expert opinions, each book has all the key information you need to know about such popular topics as film, television, cult fiction, history, and more. From the moment Mickey Mouse stepped aboard Steamboat Willie, animation has been a global phenomenon. Whether its Bugs Bunny or Tom and Jerry, or newcomers like Wallace & Gromit and Toy Story's Woody & Buzz, animation continues to create characters that are loved by children of all ages. For the first time, Jeremy Clarke brings together the innovators of animation from around the world—Japan's legendary Hayao Miyazaki, Czech surrealist Jan Svankmajer, American CGI wizard John Lassiter, and Britain's own maestro Nick Park—in one volume covering everything from the classic to the cutting edge.

✦ Table of Contents

Acknowledgements......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
The Child Receives a Lesson in a Twentyfourth of a Second......Page 9
Moments In The Early History of Animation......Page 21
Emile Cohl......Page 24
Winsor McCay......Page 26
Lotte Reiniger......Page 31
The Fleischers......Page 34
Walt Disney......Page 42
Taking the Mickey......Page 44
Termite Terrace......Page 57
Tex Avery......Page 59
Chuck Jones......Page 64
Hanna and Barbera......Page 70
UPA......Page 76
Britain and Canada......Page 81
Norman McLaren......Page 82
Caroline Leaf......Page 87
George Dunning......Page 90
Paul Driessen......Page 94
Bob Godfrey......Page 97
Aardman Animation......Page 101
Nick Park......Page 102
Eastern Europe......Page 107
Jirí Trnka......Page 108
Yuri Norstein......Page 112
Jan Svankmajer......Page 114
Quay Brothers......Page 118
Anime – A Brief Introduction......Page 123
Hayao Miyazaki......Page 125
Computer Animation......Page 131
The Death of Stop-Motion?......Page 138
The Simpsons and Beyond......Page 141
Animator’s Dozen......Page 151
Resources......Page 155