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Animation: Key Films/Filmmakers Ser.: Coraline : A Closer Look at Studio LAIKA's Stop-Motion Witchcraft by Mihaela Mihailova (2023, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-101501381431
ISBN-139781501381430
eBay Product ID (ePID)20057270693
Product Key Features
Number of Pages296 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameCoraline : a Closer Look at Studio Laika's Stop-Motion Witchcraft
Publication Year2023
SubjectAnimation (See Also Film / Genres / Animated), Film / Direction & Production, Film / History & Criticism
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPerforming Arts
AuthorMihaela Mihailova
SeriesAnimation: Key Films/Filmmakers Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight14.1 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceCollege Audience
Dewey Edition23
Reviews" Coraline: A Closer Look at Studio LAIKA's Stop-Motion Witchcraft is an exciting collection and a much welcome contribution to animation studies. The essays address Coraline from a range of perspectives, collectively positioning it as a key LAIKA feature and a landmark in stop-motion history. A great read for all animation enthusiasts." -- Filipa Antunes, Lecturer in Humanities, University of East Anglia, UK "A book of insightful and thoughtful readings, Coraline: A Closer Look at Studio LAIKA's Stop-Motion Witchcraft is an impressive kind of assemblage, in and of its own mode of witchcraft. Its editor, Mihaela Mihailova, has structured a hall of mirrors for animation scholars and students to accompany Coraline as she travels through the tunnel to arrive on yet another, albeit different side; one that addresses the critical complexity of animation history as a mode of art and cultural reflection well beyond the Hollywood sign. This collection of scholarly writing is a significant contribution to the canon of literature in animation history with the publishing of the first critical book on this film. Bravo." -- Janeann Dill, Doktor der Philosophie, MFA, USA, " Coraline: A Closer Look at Studio LAIKA's Stop-Motion Witchcraft is an exciting collection and a much welcome contribution to animation studies. The essays address Coraline from a range of perspectives, collectively positioning it as a key LAIKA feature and a landmark in stop-motion history. A great read for all animation enthusiasts." -- Filipa Antunes, Lecturer in Humanities, University of East Anglia, UK "Henry Seleck's masterpiece Coraline endures as a haunted and haunting exploration of the adolescent trauma of coping with emerging competing identities. It is also vastly entertaining and technically brilliant. Mihailova leads her band of witchery-finders on a quest to expose the alchemy behind the film. They explore the sophisticated stop-motion technology of the LAIKA studio (state-of-the-art, yet harking back to the earliest days of cinema), the labyrinthine passages of meaning and interpretations honeycombed within the narrative, and its myriad cultural references and resonances. Throughout, the book echoes Mihailova's thesis that Coraline succeeds not only as one of the best stop-motion films ever, but also, reflexively, as a rich work that self-challenges its own animated creation." -- Donald Crafton, Joseph and Elizabeth Robbie Professor Emeritus of Film, Television, and Theater, University of Notre Dame, USA
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal791.4372
Table Of ContentList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Coraline: A Twitchy, Witchy Girl in Stop-Motion Land Mihaela Mihailova (University of Michigan, USA) Part 1: Historical Contexts and Perspectives Chapter 1: Drawing Coraline : Illustration, Adaptation, and Visuality Malcolm Cook (University of Southampton, UK) Chapter 2: Mixing it Up: Coraline and LAIKA's Hybrid World Miriam Harris (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand) Chapter 3: Armatures in the Closet: Coraline and the History of Stop Motion Mihaela Mihailova (University of Michigan, USA) Chapter 4: The Surprising Migrations of 2 ½ D: The Background to Coraline Norman M. Klein (California Institute of the Arts, USA) Part 2: Stop-Motion Technology, Process, and Spectatorship Chapter 5: Replacing Coraline Dan Torre (RMIT University, Australia) Chapter 6: Coraline's 'Other World': The Animated Camera in Stop-Motion Feature Films Jane Shadbolt (The University of Newcastle, Australia) Chapter 7: A World within Reach: A Neuroanimatic Perspective on Themes of Threat in the Miniature World of Coraline Ann Owen (Falmouth University, UK) Chapter 8: Darkness and Delight: The Reception of Coraline in the USA and UK R ayna Denison (University of East Anglia, UK) Part 3: Puppet Politics: Ideology, Identity, Representation Chapter 9: The Other Maiden, Mother, Crone(s): Witchcraft, Queer Identity, and Political Resistance in LAIKA's Coraline Mx. Kodi Maier (University of Hull, UK) Chapter 10: Becoming-Puppet: Failed Interpellation and the Uncanny Subjection in Coraline Eric Herhuth (Tulane University, USA) Chapter 11: The Wandering Child and the Family in Crisis in Henry Selick's Coraline Jane Batkin (University of Lincoln, UK) Chapter 12: Fa(r)ther Figures: Locating the Author Father in Coraline Nicholas Andrew Miller (Loyola University Maryland, USA) Index
SynopsisThis open access collection brings together an international group of practitioners and scholars to examine Coraline' s place in animation history and culture, dissect its politics, and unpack its role in the technological and aesthetic development of its medium. Coraline (Henry Selick, 2009) is stop-motion studio LAIKA's feature-length debut based on the popular children's novel by British author Neil Gaiman. Heralding a revival in global interest in stop-motion animation, the film is both an international cultural phenomenon and a breakthrough moment in the technological evolution of the craft. This book celebrates stop motion as a unique and enduring artform while embracing its capacity to evolve in response to cultural, political, and technological changes, as well as shifting critical and audience demands. Divided into three sections, this volume's chapters situate Coraline within an interconnected network of historical, industrial, discursive, theoretical, and cultural contexts. They place the film in conversation with the medium's aesthetic and technological history, broader global intellectual and political traditions, and questions of animation reception and spectatorship. In doing so, they invite recognition - and appreciation - of the fact that Coraline occupies many liminal spaces at once. It straddles the boundary between children's entertainment and traditional 'adult' genres, such as horror and thriller. It complicates a seemingly straight(forward) depiction of normative family life with gestures of queer resistance. Finally, it marks a pivotal point in stop-motion animation's digital turn. Following the film's recent tenth anniversary, the time is right to revisit its production history, evaluate its cultural and industry impact, and celebrate its legacy as contemporary stop-motion cinema's gifted child. As the first book-length academic study of this contemporary animation classic, this volume serves as an authoritative introduction and a primary reference on the film for scholars, students, practitioners, and animation fans. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.
LC Classification NumberPN1997.2.C669C67
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