Deep down in the bowels of the museum archives of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), behind gray stone walls and row after row of oak shelves and metal file cabinets, in a box sits an ...

This course takes a comprehensive look at the artists and studios that shaped the history of the dynamic art form of Animation, from its beginning in the silent film era and American entertainment ...

Introduction -- Film and television at the dawn of the digital revolution -- Analog dreams : bohemians, beatniks, and the Whitneys -- Spook work : the government and the military -- Academia -- Xerox ...

Part 1. Origins of animation -- Chapter 1. Setting the scene for animation. Early innovations in simulating movement ; The printing press and comic strips ; The impact of photography on studies of ...

Back before the days of computers, animation was drawn by hand. We typically think of cartoons and animated feature films, but there were other genres as well. For example, animation was also used in ...

Unexpected double lives, mysterious alternate realms, impending environmental doom, tech addiction, the complexities of parent-child relationships, gender fluidity, racial justice—these are just a few ...

15 years ago, Disney released its first feature-length computer-animated film. That’s a pretty huge milestone, one that should probably be celebrated, or at the very least remembered. But the movie ...

The doors of the Upcountry History Museum have now opened to the enchanting world of animation with “Beyond Halloween Land: ...