French Animation History

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French Animation History

Richard Neupert

Description

French Animation History is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of animation, illuminating the exceptional place France holds within that history.

Selected by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2011
The first book dedicated exclusively to this history
Explores how French animators have forged their own visual styles, narrative modes, and technological innovations to construct a distinct national style, while avoiding the clichés and conventions of Hollywood’s commercial cartoons
Includes more than 80 color and black and white images from the most influential films, from early silent animation to the recent internationally renowned Persepolis
Essential reading for anyone interested in the study of French film

About the Author

Richard Neupert is the Wheatley Professor of the Arts and a Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor in Film Studies at the University of Georgia. His previous books include A History of the French New Wave Cinema (2007) and The End: Narration and Closure in the Cinema, as well as translations from French of Aesthetics of Film (Aumont, et al) and The French New Wave (Marie).

Features

The first book dedicated exclusively to this history
Explores how French animators have forged their own visual styles, narrative modes, and technological innovations devoid of the clichés and conventions of Hollywood’s commercial cartoons
Includes more than 80 color and black and white images from the most influential films, from early silent animation to the recent internationally renowned Persepolis
Essential reading for anyone interested in the study of French film

To Purchase this product, please visit

https://dev.store.wiley.com/en-ca/French+Animation+History-p-9781118798768