For decades, animators have attempted to recreate realistic human faces without entering what’s called the ‘uncanny valley.’
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More than a decade before Snow White, Lotte Reiniger was pioneering revolutionary animation ideas – now they are being rediscovered.
In a Sydney community centre, a group of artists with and without disabilities are showing how creativity can connect us all.
Royals, politicians and pop stars were all fair game for this smash hit show of the 1980s and 1990s.
We’ve had 90 years of those famous ears.
Depression, addiction and misanthropy in cartoon form.
Expectations were high for the latest project from the creator of The Simpsons.
I made a film about people using food banks in the hope that their voices will be heard far and wide.
The cat and mouse comedy duo have been locked in conflict for more than 78 years now.
One animator combined his skills with paleontological evidence to breathe movement into a dinosaur fossil to eye-catching effect.
A labour of love, this groundbreaking animation took six years and hundreds of artists to bring Vincent Van Gogh’s vivid paintings to life.
The adult fans of My Little Pony are both a blessing and a curse for marketing the new movie.
As the animated film ‘Bambi’ celebrates its 75th anniversary, a reminder that humans often try to express reality. But once they do, they go back to making art.
Aardman studios has produced some of the most-recognised animated characters of the past three decades, including Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep. A new exhibit at ACMI brings their creative process to life.
Still going strong in its 30th year, The Simpsons follows a strict animation style guide based on Matt Groening’s own rules, and has much to teach young animators
From washing the dishes to saving tribes from oblivion: Disney’s women have come a long way.
Stop-motion may be associated with children, but in Anomalisa it effectively gives substance to a world that is recognisable, but just out of kilter.
There’s no need to fret that princess stories are bad for little girls.
It takes a careful balance between art and science to illustrate the processes that take place within our cells and explain the complexities of epigenetics.
This year marks the centenary of Australian animation. Alongside some memorable international successes, animation has long been significant to the industry.
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Lecturer in Film Studies, Department of Liberal Arts, King's College London
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Senior Lecturer in the School of Design, RMIT University
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Lecturer in Illustration and Animation, University of South Australia
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Senior Lecturer: Director MSc Animation and VFX MDes Comics & Graphic Novels, University of Dundee
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Associate Dean, Sheffield Hallam University
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Senior Lecturer Film Studies and Media, York St John University
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Lecturer in Contextual and Critical Studies for Visual Effects and Motion Graphics, University of South Wales
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Director of the Animation Academy, Loughborough University
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Senior Lecturer in Film & Media Studies, University of Portsmouth
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Senior Faculty Member at the Garvan Institute, Conjoint Professor at UNSW, and Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO
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Master student/researcher, University of Tasmania
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Visual Science Communicator, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Garvan Institute
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Lecturer in Film and Television Studies, University of Hull
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Professor of Film and Screen Studies, University of Portsmouth
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Professor, School of Education, Curtin University
