Magic and animation: pixilation, living being and everyday object

• Grant number: 14/08417-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: November 01, 2014
• End date: September 11, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Arts - Cinema
• Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: Arlindo Ribeiro Machado Neto
• Grantee: Marina Teixeira Kerber
• Host Institution: Escola de Comunicações e Artes (ECA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The research aims to analyze the technique of pixilation animation as specific language, tracing relationships of this type of animation with studies of image and movement. For this, I propose: assign connections of pixilation with the trickfilms of the early cinema, within the perspective of magic tricks of this technique; draw parallels between the photographic practice and the film practice, using both languages to evaluate the pixilation issues in ways that dialogue with the concept of magic and its relationship with technique images; and based on the work in pixilation of Norman McLaren and Jan Svankmajer, understand the technique as a poetic and aesthetics proposal of audiovisual language. Thus, through the technical aspects of pixilation, I will highlight the magical potential of this type of animation. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

KERBER, Marina Teixeira. Magic and Animation: pixillation, living beings and every day objects.. 2016. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Comunicações e Artes (ECA/SBD) São Paulo.