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Record Nr.

UNINA9910477329703321

Autore

Ehrlich Nea

Titolo

Animating truth : documentary and visual culture in the 21st century / / Nea Ehrlich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, Scotland : , : Edinburgh University Press, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

1-4744-6339-8

1-4744-6338-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (283 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Edinburgh Studies in Film and Intermediality

Disciplina

791.43

Soggetti

Documentary films

Animation (Cinematography)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Animating Truth -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I Starting Points: The Evidentiary Status of Animation as Documentary Imagery -- One Why Now? -- Two Defining Animation and Animated Documents in Contemporary Mixed Realities -- Part II Animation and Technoculture: The Virtualisation of Culture and Virtual Documentaries -- Three The Virtualisation of Culture: Screens, Virtuality and Materiality -- Four Documenting Game Realities -- Five In-game Documentaries of Non-game Realities -- Six Interactive Animated Documentaries: Documentary Games and VR -- Part III The Power of Animation: Disputing the Aesthetics of 'the Real' -- Seven Encounters, Ethics and Empathy -- Eight Conflicting Realisms: Animated Documentaries and Post-truth -- Epilogue -- Filmography -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Animating Truth examines the rise of animated documentary in the 21st century, and addresses how non-photorealistic animation is increasingly used to depict and shape reality.