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  • Pixar's Boy Stories

    Masculinity in a Postmodern Age

    by Ken Gillam, Shannon R. Wooden ...
    Since Toy Story, its first feature in 1995, Pixar Animation Studios has produced a string of commercial and critical successes including Monsters, Inc.; WALL-E; Finding Nemo; The Incredibles; Cars; and Up. In nearly all of these films, male characters are prominently featured, usually as protagonists. Despite obvious surface differences, these figures often follow similar narratives toward ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

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    by Lassie Lockhart ...
    A woman with undeniable talent, theater actress-turned-screen star Christine Baranski has proven people her incomparable comic and dramatic skills. Starting off as a stage actress, she later found herself in the big screen, knocking off and impressing critics with her comic performances in shows like "Cybill", "Frasier", "The Birdcage" and "How the Grinch Stole Christmas". Let us witness Christine ... Read more

    $6.86 CAD

  • The Art of Kubo and the Two Strings

    by Emily Haynes, Travis Knight ...
    From LAIKA, the Academy Award®-nominated studio behind Coraline, ParaNorman, and The Boxtrolls, comes a new adventure set in a mythical ancient Japan. In Kubo and the Two Strings, scruffy, kind-hearted Kubo cares devotedly for his mother while eking out a humble living in their sleepy shoreside village. But when a spirit from the past appears, Kubo suddenly finds himself entwined in a violent ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Animate to Harmony

    The Independent Animator's Guide to Toon Boom

    by Adam Phillips ...
    Want to create studio-quality work and get noticed? Just coming off Flash and looking for a Toon Boom intro? Are you a traditional pencil-and-paper animator? From scene setup to the final render, learn how to navigate the Toon Boom interface to create animation that can be published on a variety of platforms and formats.Animate to Harmony guides you through Toon Boom’s Animate, Animate Pro and ... Read more

    $92.99 CAD

  • Cartoon Character Animation with Maya

    Mastering the Art of Exaggerated Animation

    by Mr Keith Osborn ...
    Series series Required Reading Range
    Have you ever wanted to try your hand at cartoony computer animation? Then look no further… Cartoon Character Animation with Maya will help you create just that, guiding you through every step of the process including how to incorporate multiple limbs, smears, motion lines and staggers seamlessly into your animation.From planning to posing to polish, you'll learn how to make the most of breakdowns ... Read more

    $49.99 CAD

  • The LEGO® Animation Book

    Make Your Own LEGO Movies!

    by David Pagano, David Pickett ...
    Have you ever wondered what your LEGO creations would look like on the big screen? The LEGO Animation Book will show you how to bring your models to life with stop-motion animation—no experience required! Follow step-by-step instructions to make your first animation, and then explore the entire filmmaking process, from storyboards to post-production.Along the way, you’ll learn how to:–Create ... Read more

    $16.79 CAD

  • They Drew as They Pleased

    The Hidden Art of Disney's Golden Age

    by Didier Ghez ...
    As the Walt Disney Studio entered its first decade and embarked on some of the most ambitious animated films of the time, Disney hired a group of "concept artists" whose sole mission was to explore ideas and inspire their fellow animators. They Drew as They Pleased showcases four of these early pioneers and features artwork developed by them for the Disney shorts from the 1930s, including many ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • iPad Animation

    - make stop motion movies on the iPad with iStopMotion, GarageBand, iMovie

    by Craig Lauridsen ...
    iPad Animation – your interactive guide to making stop motion movies on the iPad. Easy! Boinx iStopMotion – the complete and portable stop motion and time lapse recording studio. Simple! Learn the complete stop motion process on an iPad - weaving together story, pictures and sound. More than 230 pages of instruction, tips, examples and flow chart diagrams so you can master stop motion – fast! iPad ... Read more

    $13.73 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Birth of an Industry

    Blackface Minstrelsy and the Rise of American Animation

    by Nicholas Sammond ...
    In Birth of an Industry, Nicholas Sammond describes how popular early American cartoon characters were derived from blackface minstrelsy. He charts the industrialization of animation in the early twentieth century, its representation in the cartoons themselves, and how important blackface minstrels were to that performance, standing in for the frustrations of animation workers. Cherished cartoon ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • Animation – Process, Cognition and Actuality

    by Dr Dan Torre ...
    Animation - Process, Cognition and Actuality presents a uniquely philosophical and multi-disciplinary approach to the scholarly study of animation, by using the principles of process philosophy and Deleuzian film aesthetics to discuss animation practices, from early optical devices to contemporary urban design and installations. Some of the original theories presented are a process-philosophy ... Read more

    $54.69 CAD

  • Animation: A World History

    Volume I: Foundations - The Golden Age

    by Giannalberto Bendazzi ...
    A continuation of 1994’s groundbreaking Cartoons, Giannalberto Bendazzi’s Animation: A World History is the largest, deepest, most comprehensive text of its kind, based on the idea that animation is an art form that deserves its own place in scholarship. Bendazzi delves beyond just Disney, offering readers glimpses into the animation of Russia, Africa, Latin America, and other often-neglected ... Read more

    $96.99 CAD

  • Pixar's America

    The Re-Animation of American Myths and Symbols

    by Dietmar Meinel ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book examines the popular and critically acclaimed films of Pixar Animation Studios in their cultural and historical context. Whether interventionist sheriff dolls liberating oppressed toys (Toy Story) or exceptionally talented rodents hoping to fulfill their dreams (Ratatouille), these cinematic texts draw on popular myths and symbols of American culture. As Pixar films refashion traditional ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD