Doubling the duality : a theoretical and practical investigation into materiality and embodiment of meaning in the integration of live action and animation / by Fabia Ling-Yuan Lin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lin, Fabia Ling-Yuan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animation (Cinematography).

Cartoon characters.

Subjectivity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, [England] : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is about the aesthetic, philosophical and cultural aspects of the integration of live action and animation. It argues that, even in the digital era, when the integration of live action and animation becomes progressively seamless, their differences and dialogues are still a significant source of the evolution of cinematic language. It also deals with the meeting between the West and East, and the methodology of interweaving the roles of practitioner and theorist. Through the operati...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FILM PRACTICES; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; 0.1 Background and Aims of Research; 0.2 Methods and Methodologies; 0.3 Structure of Thesis; CHAPTER ONE; 1.1 Live Action versus Animation; 1.2 Linking Traditional Special Effectsand Contemporary CGI; 1.3 Double-faced Disposition in Digital ImagingTechnology; CHAPTER TWO; 2.1 Creating the Experience of the Supplementary; 2.2 Effect of Estrangement; 2.3 Derealising Hyperrealism; 3.1 Studying Abroad and Personal Subjectivity; 3.2 Subjectivity: Exhibition of the Contextbetween Autonomy and Subjection

3.3 Representation of Filmmaking Practice and CreativeSubjectivity3.4 Hybridised Character and Estranged Subjectivity; CHAPTER FOUR; 4.1 Comparing Stringed Photographs and ContinuousPhotogram; 4.2 Breaking the Borders between the Two Systems; 4.3 Integrating Pixilation with Cartoon's Hyprerealism; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 1, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-5748-3

OCLC:

875097319