Giesen R. Puppetry, Puppet Animation and the Digital Age

CRC Press, 2019. — 138 p. — ISBN13: 978-0-8153-8204-1Rolf Giesen’s Puppetry, Puppet Animation and the Digital Age explores the unique world of puppetry animation and its application in the digital age. With the advent of digital animation, many individuals see puppetry and 2D animation as being regulated to a niche market. Giesen’s text argues against this viewpoint, by demonstrating the pure aesthetic value they have, as well as examples of some of the greatest cinematic uses of puppets. Such samples include, The Adventures of Prince Achmed, Ladislas Starevich, O’Brien, Harryhausen and Danforth, Trnka and Švankmajer, Aardman and Laika Studios, ParaNorman, and the Boxtrolls. Even live-action blockbusters, such as the Star Wars saga utilize puppetry for costume applications as noted within the text. The use of puppets not only helps create a wonderous world and memorable characters, but is also one of the purest extensions of an artist.The Origin Of Puppets And Homunculi
An Act Of Magic
The Art Of Silhouette Plays And Films
2d Versus 3D In Nazi Germany
Walking Matchsticks
ladislas Starevich
Dimensional Animation In Space
George Pal
The Diehl Brothers
Puppetoons Versus Jiři Trnka
Squash And Stretch In Wood
Tyrlova And Zeman
The Trick Brothers
Disney Plus Buňuel And Charles Bowers
Lou In Wonderland
hansel And Gretel
Memory Hotel
The Dynamators
The Lost World
The “Zeus Complex”
At The Cradle Of The Digital Age—and Not Knowing It
Pixilation And Mocap: People Become Puppets
Neighbours At War
Avatar
The Road To Computer-Generated Imagery
The Form And The Substance
“Creation”
Batman Forever
Digital Evolution And Disneyfication
The Decomposition Of Images
Speaking Lions And Centaurs
Cyberpunk
Aardman, Or A Renaissance Of Stop Motion
Symbiosis Between Stop Motion And Computer-Generated Imagery
An Inherent Charm For Half The Price
The Isle Of Old-fashioned Animators
Pandora’s Box
It Came From Megasaki
Fang Ming, A.k.a. Mochinaga-san
Paranorman And The Boxtrolls
The Stop-motion Chronicles