Recently added articles from Animation Journal:

FROM THE EDITOR

Jan 01, 2006; Furniss, Maureen ... Writing on animation is flourishing and becoming more diverse in its focus. A look through the 'new books' section at the end of this issue provides a number of examples. I've seen an increase in the number of essays submitted to Animation Journal, with increasing emphasis on international work, ...

LIFE AND DEATH IN THE LITTLE MERMAID: THREE CONTEMPORARY ADAPTATIONS OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALE

Jan 01, 2006; Oxfeldt, Elisabeth ... What constitutes a happy end?The question is culturally relative: when, where, why and to whom, we may ask. In Disney's Fantasia 2000 (2000), Hans Christian Andersen's tale of "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" (1838) is chosen to accompany Shostakovich' Piano Concerto No. 2, Allegro, Opus 102. In the ...

ACTION, ANIMATION, ARCHIVAL ABYSS: VIRGIL WIDRICH'S FAST FILM

Jan 01, 2006; Davies, Jon ... Fast Film (2003) by Virgil Widrich quite remarkably fuses the forward-driving rush of acentury of industrially produced, live-action narrative genre cinema-especially American western, adventure, suspense, and thriller films-with a distinctly meticulous, slow, artisanal process characteristic of ...

THE PURSUIT OF A NATIONAL STYLE OF CHINESE ANIMATION

Jan 01, 2006; Cui, Jian ... Recent years have seen increasing support for animation production within China. However, the question remains as to how animation will develop-as an industrial product following the lead of industries in other countries or with uniquely 'Chinese' form and content. Actually, the pursuit of ...

SHUI MO DONG HUA THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF BRUSH PAINTING ANIMATION

Jan 01, 2006; Kang, Helen ... Developed during the 1960s, 'brush painting' animation technique (shut mo dong hua) is the most unique of the Chinese animation methods. It is complex, yet graceful in its artistry, attractive to Chinese and non-Chinese audiences alike. Shrouded in mystery, the technique of brush painting ...

Academy Leader Variations

Jan 01, 2006; Ehrlich, David ... Academy Leader Variations (1987) Co-directed by David Ehrlich, Jane Aaron, Paul Glabicki, George Griffin, Al Jarnow, Skip Battaglia (USA); Georges Schwizgebel, Martial Wannaz, Claude Luyet, Daniel Suter(Switzerland); Piotr Dumala,JerayKucia,KrzysztofKiwerski, Stanislaw Lenartowicz ...

Animated Self Portraits

Jan 01, 2006; Ehrlich, David ... Animated Self Portraits (1989) Co-directed by Sally Cruikshank, David Ehrlich, Candy Kugel, Bill Plympton, Maureen Selwood (USA); Mali Kutt, Priit Parn, Riho Uni, Hardi Volmer (Estonia, USSR); Borivoj Dovnikovic, Nikola Maydak, Josko Marusic, Dusan Vukotic (Yugoslavia); Jiri Barta, Pavel ...

A Child's Dream

Jan 01, 2006; Ehrlich, David ... A Child's Dream (1990) Background Designs by Jacy Barber (7 yrs), Jaime Lumbra (11 yrs), Shannon Giguere (12 yrs), Shane Giguere (13 yrs), Teddy Holman (13 yrs), Maggie Robinson (13 yrs). Produced, directed and animated by David Ehrlich (USA). 5 minutes. Since 1978, I had been ...

Dance of Nature

Jan 01, 2006; Ehrlich, David ... Dance of Nature (1991) 83 Co-directed by David Ehrlich (USA) and Karin Sletten (Norway). Produced by David Ehrlich (USA). 4 minutes. During the Spring of 1991,1 was invited to MRDH College in Norway to teach a two month course in animation. While I was there, I would spend the ...

Genghis Khan

Jan 01, 2006; Ehrlich, David ... Genghis Khan (1993) Directed by Miagmar Sodnompilin (Mongolia). Produced by David Ehrlich (USA). 8 minutes. In May 1993, Genghis Khan, an animated short depicting the young Temujin, premiered at the Annecy Animation Festival in France, went on to film festivals in eight ...

The Fundamentals of Animation

Jan 01, 2006; Meng, Victoria ... Paul Wells, The Fundamentals of Animation (Lausanne: AVA Publishing, 2006). 176 pages. ISBN 2-940373-02-7 (paper) US$29.95. Reviewed by Victoria Meng. Intelligently organized and lavishly illustrated, The Fundamentals of Animation is distinguished from most how-to-animate guides for ...

Mouse Tracks: The Story of Walt Disney Records

Jan 01, 2006; Furniss, Maureen ... Tim Hollis and Greg Ehrbar, Mouse Tracks: The Story of Walt Disney Records (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2006). 221 pages. ISBN 1-57806-849-5 (paper) US$25; ISBN 1-57806848-7 (unjacketed cloth) US$55. URL: www.upress.state.ms.us. Reviewed by Maureen Furniss. University Press ...

Walt Disney: Conversations

Jan 01, 2006; Furniss, Maureen ... Kathy Merlock Jackson, Walt Disney: Conversations (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2006). 143 pages. ISBN 1-57806712-X (cloth) US$50.00; ISBN 1-57806-713-8 (paper) $20.00. URL: www.upress.state.ms.us . Reviewed by Maureen Furniss. I am mildly jealous of Kathy Merlock Jackson, ...

Carl Barks and the Disney Comic Book: Unmasking the Myth of Modernity

Jan 01, 2006; Furniss, Maureen ... Thomas Andrae, Carl Barks and the Disney Comic Book: Unmasking the Myth of Modernity (University Press of Mississippi, 2006). 306 pages. ISBN 1 -57806-857-6 (unjacketed cloth) US$50.00; ISBN 1-57806-858-4 (paper) $20.00. URL: www.upress.state.ms.us. Reviewed by Maureen Furniss. Several ...

Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in Fifties Animation

Jan 01, 2006; Furniss, Maureen ... Amid Amidi, Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in Fifties Animation (San Francisco: Chronicle, 2006). 200 pages. ISBN 08118-4731-4 (hardover) US$40. URL: www.chroniclebooks.com. Reviewed by Maureen Furniss. Only one word emerged from my lips as I opened the package containing Amid Amidi's ...

Tunes for 'Toons: Music and the Hollywood Cartoon

Jan 01, 2006; Furniss, Maureen ... Daniel Goldmark, Tunes for 'Toons: Music and the Hollywood Cartoon (Berkeley: University of California, 2005). 225 pages. ISBN 0-520-23617-3 (cloth) $24.95/£15.95. URL: www.ucpress.edu. Reviewed by Maureen Furniss. The path taken by many animation researchers is fairly linear, building ...

Women Do Animate: Interviews with 10 Australian Animators

Jan 01, 2006; Anonymous ... Marian Quigley, Women Do Animate: Interviews with 10 Australian Animators (Mentone, Victoria, AU: Insight, 2005). 160 pages, plus DVD. ISBN 1-921088-14-1 (paper) AU$39.95. URL: www.insightpublications.com.au. With this book, Marian Quigley provides information on two infrequently ...

Unsung Heroes of Animation

Jan 01, 2006; Furniss, Maureen ... Chris Robinson, Unsung Heroes of Animation (Eastleigh, UK: John Libbey,2005). 263 pages. ISBN 0 86196 665 1 (paper) £17.95; distributed in North Americaby Indiana University Press, US$27.95. URL: www.johnlibbey.com. Reviewed by Maureen Furniss. There should be no doubt about the type of ...