Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Transforming Image by Gunning

Read "The Transforming Image" by Tom Gunning in Pervasive Animation book. Very worthwhile read. Must follow up with more of his books.

Page 52: cites Lev Manovich to discuss cinema as a subgenre of animation.
Page 56-57: natural magic
Page 57: "Blow book" described. "Devices of Wonder" book by Stafford ad Terpack (2002) could be something to follow up with.
Page 60: flipbook image "insubstantial, purely perceptual image, prgnant with possibility of appearance ... the Ur-form of the animated image"
Page 62: flipbook vs blow book.  Also, Pascal Fouche described as "historian of the flipbook".
Page 65: Mary Ann Doane essay on the flipbook cited.

Last two pages discusses magic, Melies, and stuff I should draw from for my presentation next month. 

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