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PublisherEdinburgh Tea & Coffee Company University Press

ISBN-101474463371

ISBN-139781474463379

eBay Product ID (ePID)4057250070

Product Key Features

Number of Pages288 Pages

Publication NameAnimating Truth : Documentary and Visual Culture in the 21st Century

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2022

SubjectFilm / Référence, Animation (See Also Film / Genres / Animated), Film / History & Criticism

TypeTextbook

AuthorNea Ehrlich

Subject AreaPerforming Arts

SeriesEdinburgh Studies in Film and Intermediality Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsAnimating Truth is a book about animated documentary and much else besides. Ehrlich's is an important analysis of the relationship between animation and factual content in the so-called 'post-truth' era, taking in games, virtual and augmented realities, and the computerized and networked platforms on which we all now rely., All in all, the book is recommended reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students who are looking for an updated overview of the status of animation and documentary (and the space in between) in contemporary Visual Culture. What is more, because of the strong interdisciplinary approach adopted, the book will be attractive to Media and Film scholars, as well as scholars within Game and Screen Studies, but also Computer Science., In this fascinating and expertly-researched book, Nea Ehrlich positions animation as a key narrative mode in contemporary digital culture. Transgressing visual realism, animation as a practice of movement on screen is capable of moving us too, taking us into new cognitive and affective territories while showing us what truly matters.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal791.43

Table Of ContentIntroductionSection I: Starting Points: The Evidentiary Status of Animation as Documentary Imagery1. Why Now?2. Defining Animation and Animated Documents in Mixed RealitiesSection II: Animation and Technoculture: The Virtualization of Culture and Virtual Documentaries3. Screens, Virtuality and Materiality 4. Documenting Game Realities 5. In-Game Documentaries of Non-Game Realities6. Interactive Animated Documentaries: Documentary Games and VRSection III: The Power of Animation: Disputing the Aesthetics of 'the Real'7. Encounters, Ethics and Empathy8. Conflicting Realisms: Animated Documentaries and Post-Truth EpilogueFilmographyBibliography

SynopsisAnimating Truth examines the rise of animated documentary in the 21st century, and addresses how non-photorealistic animation is increasingly used to depict and shape reality., Confronting shifts in the status and aesthetics of the real, Nea Ehrlich analyses how contemporary technoculture has transformed the relationship of animation to documentary by mapping out two parallel trends: the increased use of animation within documentary or non-fiction contexts, and the increasingly pervasive use of non-photorealistic animation within digital media. As the virtual becomes another aspect of our contemporary mixed reality (physical and virtual), the book aims to understand how this visual paradigm shift influences viewers, both ethically and politically, and questions the wider ramifications of this transformation in non-fiction aesthetics.

LC Classification NumberPN1995.9.D6