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Lotte Reiniger : pioneer of film animation / Whitney Grace.
Van Pelt Library PN1998.3.R4363 G73 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grace, Whitney, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reiniger, Lotte.
- Women motion picture producers and directors--Germany--Biography.
- Women motion picture producers and directors.
- Animators--Germany--Biography.
- Animators.
- Animators--Germany.
- Animation (Cinematography)--Germany.
- Animation (Cinematography).
- Germany.
- Genre:
- Silhouette animation films.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 274 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]
- Summary:
- "For three years during the 1920s, in an attic in Potsdam, a young woman crafted what is today the oldest surviving animated feature film. Equipped with scissors, cardboard, sheets of lead, glass panes and a camera, animation pioneer Lotte Reiniger filmed Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed (or, The Adventures of Prince Achmed) using a technique of frame-by-frame silhouette animation she developed, inspired by Chinese shadow puppetry. As the result of a number of factors-her gender, her German ethnicity, World War II, a lack of funding-Reiniger became a footnote to animation history. Yet her more than 60 films plainly show her dedication to her craft and her skill. This detailed account of her life and work describes her significant contributions to animation, puppetry, Weimar cinema and modern filmmaking."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 Paper Fairytales 3
- 2 Lengthening Shadows 13
- 3 Defining the Art of Puppetry and Animation 21
- 4 The Adventures, of Prince Achmed 49
- 5 Sound Cartoons and Miscredited Ideas 90
- 6 Fanboy Hitler and the Short Life of Hansi and Schnuff 114
- 7 Animated Women and Lost Love 146
- 8 The Fine Line Between Animation and Puppetry 183
- 9 Fine Art and Resurgent Praise 201
- 10 Lotte's Legacy 229
- 11 Influence and Adaptation 240.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-265), filmography (pages 251-252) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781476662060
- 1476662061
- OCLC:
- 966561160
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