附註:"Sources for early animated films" p. [373]-380.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-395) and index.
Foreword -- Animation : myth, magic, and industry -- The secret of the haunted hotel -- From comic strip and blackboard to screen -- The first animator : Emile Cohl -- "Watch me move!" : the films of Winsor McCay -- The Henry Ford of animation : John Randolph Bray -- The animation "shops" -- Commercial animation in Europe -- Automated art -- Felix; or, Feline Felicity.
摘要:An in-depth history of animation from 1898-1928 that includes accounts of mechanical ingenuity, marketing and art. The text explains techniques of sketching and camera work, and discusses the styles of such animators as Winsor McCay and Ladislas Starevitch, placing work in its social and economic context.
