Not for Children: Alternative Animation, 1960-Present

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This discussion-based lecture with screenings is designed to provide an overview of animation based on alternative writing and the relationship of form and style to content in artist-animated film. We will examine various forms of animated films produced between 1960 and the present, with a focus on the history and cultural cross currents in 61 Film History these works. The course will survey a wide range of animated work from a diverse selection of artists. The focus of the course will be on animated film forms alternative to commercial animation, including hand- drawn, cell-painted, cutout, stop-motion, pixilated, puppet, and, more recently, Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI) independents. The guiding factor in selecting works for review will be the artist, in most cases, retaining control of their own work; this differs from the battery of decision makers in commercial studio systems. As a class, we will look for aesthetic consequences and structural differences within the auteur system versus an animation studio’s divisions of labor. Animation production will not be taught in this course; however, a creative conference project in studio arts, writing, media, or performing arts and documentation of this project will be required. In addition, students will be expected to complete weekly readings and entries in a research/creative practice notebook. Closed to students who have taken Not For Children: Alternative Animation 1960-Present (FILM 3504). Same as FILM 2505. Courses offered in related disciplines this year are listed below. Full descriptions of the courses may be found under the appropriate disciplines. Walter Benjamin’s Archives (p. 24), Robert R. Desjarlais Anthropology Art in the Age of Empire, 1790–1900 (p. 26), Sarah Hamill Art History First-Year Studies: Intersections of Dance and Culture: Moving Between the Lines (p. 7), Peggy Gould Dance History…