
Animating Truth
Documentary and Visual Culture in the 21st Century
Nea Ehrlich(Author)
Edinburgh University Press
Published on 14. December 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-4744-6337-9 (ISBN)
Description
Confronting shifts in the status and aesthetics of the real, Nea Ehrlich analyses how contemporary technoculture has transformed the relationship of animation to documentary by mapping out two parallel trends: the increased use of animation within documentary or non-fiction contexts, and the increasingly pervasive use of non-photorealistic animation within digital media. As the virtual becomes another aspect of our contemporary mixed reality (physical and virtual), the book aims to understand how this visual paradigm shift influences viewers, both ethically and politically, and questions the wider ramifications of this transformation in non-fiction aesthetics.
Reviews / Votes
All in all, the book is recommended reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students who are looking for an updated overview of the status of animation and documentary (and the space in between) in contemporary Visual Culture. What is more, because of the strong interdisciplinary approach adopted, the book will be attractive to Media and Film scholars, as well as scholars within Game and Screen Studies, but also Computer Science. -- Georgia Aitaki, Karlstad University * Visual Communication * In this fascinating and expertly-researched book, Nea Ehrlich positions animation as a key narrative mode in contemporary digital culture. Transgressing visual realism, animation as a practice of movement on screen is capable of moving us too, taking us into new cognitive and affective territories while showing us what truly matters. -- Joanna Zylinska, Professor of New Media and Communications, Goldsmiths, University of London, author of Nonhuman Photography Animating Truth is a book about animated documentary - and much else besides. Ehrlich's is an important analysis of the relationship between animation and factual content in the so-called 'post-truth' era, taking in games, virtual and augmented realities, and the computerized and networked platforms on which we all now rely. -- Paul Ward, Arts University BournemouthMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
25 black and white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4744-6337-9 (9781474463379)
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Person
Nea Ehrlich is Lecturer in The Department of the Arts at Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Israel.
Content
Introduction
Section I: Starting Points: The Evidentiary Status of Animation as Documentary Imagery
1. Why Now?2. Defining Animation and Animated Documents in Mixed Realities
Section II: Animation and Technoculture: The Virtualization of Culture and Virtual Documentaries
3. Screens, Virtuality and Materiality 4. Documenting Game Realities 5. In-Game Documentaries of Non-Game Realities6. Interactive Animated Documentaries: Documentary Games and VR
Section III: The Power of Animation: Disputing the Aesthetics of 'the Real'
7. Encounters, Ethics and Empathy8. Conflicting Realisms: Animated Documentaries and Post-Truth
EpilogueFilmographyBibliography
Section I: Starting Points: The Evidentiary Status of Animation as Documentary Imagery
1. Why Now?2. Defining Animation and Animated Documents in Mixed Realities
Section II: Animation and Technoculture: The Virtualization of Culture and Virtual Documentaries
3. Screens, Virtuality and Materiality 4. Documenting Game Realities 5. In-Game Documentaries of Non-Game Realities6. Interactive Animated Documentaries: Documentary Games and VR
Section III: The Power of Animation: Disputing the Aesthetics of 'the Real'
7. Encounters, Ethics and Empathy8. Conflicting Realisms: Animated Documentaries and Post-Truth
EpilogueFilmographyBibliography