Toy story : how Pixar reinvented the animated feature /

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"Toy Story (John Lasseter, 1995), Pixar's first feature-length production and Hollywood's first completely computer-generated animated film, is an international cultural phenomenon. This collection brings together a diverse range of scholars and practitioners who together explore the...

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Other Authors: Smith, Susan, Brown, Noel, Summers, Sam
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [London] : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017.
Series:Animation: key films/filmmakers.
Subjects:
Pixar (Firm)
Toy story (Motion picture)
Animated films.
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction (Noel Brown, Newcastle University, UK, Susan Smith, University of Sunderland, UK, and Sam Summers, University of Sunderland, UK)
  • 1. Toy Story, Pixar and Contemporary Hollywood (Peter Krämer, University of East Anglia, UK)
  • 2. Toy Story and the Hollywood Family Film (Noel Brown, Newcastle University, UK)
  • 3. The Cowboy, the Spaceman, and the Guru: Character and Convention in the Screenwriting of Toy Story (Andrew Gay, Southern Oregon University, USA)
  • 4. New and Inherited Aesthetics: Designing for the Toy Story Trilogy One Film at a Time (Heather Holian, University of North Carolina, USA)
  • 5. Rough and Smooth: The Everyday Textures of Toy Story (Lucy Fife Donaldson, University of St Andrews, UK)
  • 6. Toying with performance: Toy Story, Virtual Puppetry and Computer-Animated Film Acting(Christopher Holliday, King's College, London, UK)
  • 7. Toy Stories Through Song: Pixar, Randy Newman and the Sublimated Film Musical (Susan Smith, University of Sunderland, UK)
  • 8. Toys as a Site of Intertextuality (Sam Summers, University of Sunderland, UK)
  • 9. Fear, Guilt and the Future of Play in Toy Story (Karen Cross, University of Roehampton, UK)
  • 10. Mirrors and Shadows: Duality, Illusion and the Divided Self in Toy Story (Jane Batkin, University of Lincoln, UK)
  • 11. Woody, Buzz and the Koons Corollary ... Or Why Toy Story is Art (Paul Wells, Longborough University, UK)
  • 12. Story is King: Understanding the Toy Story Franchise as an Allegory for the Studio Narrative of Pixar Animation (Helen Haswell, Queen's University Belfast, UK)
  • 13. An Interview with Steve Segal (Noel Brown, Newcastle University, UK)
  • A Guide to Further Research
  • Contributors
  • Bibliography
  • Filmography

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