Chinese Animation: A History and Filmography, 1922-2012
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Rolf Giesen (Author)
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With an output of 250,000 minutes annually, and with 8,000 producers and production units around, the Chinese are leading the field of animated films. It is almost impossible to completely cover ninety years of filmmaking, this guide provides a comprehensible introduction to the industry's infancy, its Golden Age (Shanghai Animation Film Studio) and today's Chinese animation (in feature films, television series, and students films). There are classics such as Princess Iron Fan (made at the time of the Japanese occupation) and the colour Havoc in Heaven, both starring the Monkey King Sun Wukong, as well as the TV stars (Blue Cat, Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf) and many almost unknown works by young filmmakers who are not focusing on a target audience of children (like so much of the industry output). 107 photographs (16 in colour)
About the Author
Rolf Giesen is a visiting professor at the Animation School of the Communication University of China in Beijing. He has worked with special effects artists Albert Whitlock and Roland Emmerich, compiled a special effects collection for Deutsche Kinemathek in Berlin, and has co-written several animation features. He is president of Jilin Animation, Comics and Games Museum in Changchun, China.
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- Contributor: Rolf Giesen
- Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
- ISBN13: 9780786459773
- Number of Pages: 216
- Packaged Dimensions: 178x254mm
- Packaged Weight: 420
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
- Release Date: 2015-01-30
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: Rolf Giesen is a visiting professor at the Animation School of the Communication University of China in Beijing. He has worked with special effects artists Albert Whitlock and Roland Emmerich, compiled a special effects collection for Deutsche Kinemathek in Berlin, and has co-written several animation features. He is president of Jilin Animation, Comics and Games Museum in Changchun, China.
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