144 Pages
by CRC Press

144 Pages
by CRC Press

144 Pages
by CRC Press

Description: A Moving Subject offers a collection of essays from around the world. From Italy to the Middle East, from an analysis of A Night on Bald Mountain to African cinema animation, these essays help to paint the world of animation in a comprehensive and international manner. Handpicked by renowned animation historian and researcher Giannalberto Bendazzi, this book offers a look at... Read more
 Chapter 1 ◾ The Italians Who Invented the Drawn-on-Film Technique 1

Chapter 2 ◾ Chromatic Music by Bruno Ginanni Corradini (1912) 11

Chapter 3 ◾ The First Italian Animated Feature Film and Its Producer 21

Chapter 4 ◾ Defining Animation: A Proposal 37

Chapter 5 ◾ African Cinema Animation 47

Chapter 6 ◾ Alexandre Alexeieff: Poems of Light and Shadow 65

Chapter 7 ◾ The First Reviews of A Night on Bald Mountain 87

Chapter 8 ◾ Dreams of Alexeieff 93

Chapter 9 ◾ Bruno Bozzetto: His Early Years 97

Chapter 10 ◾ Address: Rossi, Mitteleuropa 115

Chapter 11 ◾ The Egg of Cohl 119

Biography

A former professor at the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore and the Università degli Studi of Milan, Italian-born Giannalberto Bendazzi has been thoroughly investigating the history of animation for more than forty years. A founding member of the Society for Animation Studies, he authored or edited various classics in various languages, and has lectured extensively on every continent.