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  • Lotte Reiniger

    Pioneer of Film Animation

    by Whitney Grace ...
    For three years during the 1920s, in an attic in Potsdam, a young woman crafted what is today the oldest surviving animated feature film. Equipped with scissors, cardboard, sheets of lead, glass panes and a camera, animation pioneer Lotte Reiniger filmed Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed (The Adventures of Prince Achmed) using a technique of frame-by-frame silhouette animation she developed, ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

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  • The Pixar Touch

    by David A. Price ...
    A Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year***The Pixar Touch***is a lively chronicle of Pixar Animation Studios' history and evolution, and the “fraternity of geeks” who shaped it. With the help of animating genius John Lasseter and visionary businessman Steve Jobs, Pixar has become the gold standard of animated filmmaking, beginning with a short special effects shot made at Lucasfilm in 1982 all ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise Part 3

    by Gene Luen Yang ...
    Series Book 3 - Avatar: The Last Airbender
    Avatar: The Last Airbender creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko bring The Promise to its explosive conclusion!The Harmony Restoration Movement has failed, and the four nations are plunged back into war! In the midst of the battle, can Aang and Fire Lord Zuko mend the rift between them, or will Aang be forced to take actions that can't be undone?Written by Eisner winner and National ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Rift Part 3

    by Gene Luen Yang ...
    Series Book 3 - Avatar: The Last Airbender
    Written and drawn by the creative team behind the best-sellingThe Promise and The Search, in collaboration with the creators ofAvatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra, this is the ultimate continuation of Avatar and the perfect companion toKorra!* The official continuation of Airbender from its creators!“As with much of what the show and comic series have done, it’s nothing like what I ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Walt before Mickey

    Disney's Early Years, 1919-1928

    by Timothy S. Susanin ...
    For ten years before the creation of Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney struggled with, failed at, and eventually mastered the art and business of animation. Most biographies of his career begin in 1928, when Steamboat Willie was released. That first Disney Studio cartoon with synchronized sound made its main character--Mickey Mouse-an icon for generations.But Steamboat Willie was neither Disney's first ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • The Art of Frozen

    by Charles Solomon, John Lasseter ...
    In Walt Disney Animation Studios upcoming film, Frozen, the fearless optimist Anna sets off on an epic journey—teaming up with rugged mountain man Kristoff—to find her sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of Arendelle in eternal winter. Encountering Everest-like conditions, Anna and Kristoff battle the elements in a race to save the kingdom. The Art of Frozen features concept art ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Creating a Stop Motion Story

    Unlock your Imagination

    by Craig Lauridsen ...
    Learn to create stunning stop motion stories on the iPad with GarageBand, iStopMotion and iMovie. A straightforward step-by-step guide to creating story-driven stop motion animation movies. Follow our easy template to improvise original stories. Take command of GarageBand app and record high quality sound on your iPad. Create the animation pictures in iStopMotion app. Complete the movie by adding ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Introduction to Java Programming, 2nd Edition

    by Sham Tickoo ...
    Introduction to Java Programming is an example based textbook, written to cater the needs of beginners and intermediate users who wish to understand the basic concepts of Java. The textbook highlights Java as the easiest and most productive tool for creating programs, including Windows-based and Web-based programs.The highlight of the textbook is that each concept introduced in it has been ... Read more

    $25.00 USD

  • Diversity in Disney Films

    Critical Essays on Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Sexuality and Disability

    Edited by Johnson Cheu ...
    Although its early films featured racial caricatures and exclusively Caucasian heroines, Disney has, in recent years, become more multicultural in its filmic fare and its image. From Aladdin and Pocahontas to the Asian American boy Russell in Up, from the first African American princess in The Princess and the Frog to "Spanish-mode" Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story 3, Disney films have come to both ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Articulating the Action Figure

    Essays on the Toys and Their Messages

    Edited by Jonathan Alexandratos ...
    Action figures are more than toys or collectibles--they are statements on race, gender, class, body positivity and more. This collection of nine new essays and one interview argues that action figures should be analyzed in the same light as books, movies, television shows and other media. Through an examination of the plastic bodies that fill our shelves and toy boxes, "Action Figure Studies" can ... Read more

    $11.89 USD

  • Japanese Animation

    East Asian Perspectives

    Edited by Masao Yokota, Tze-yue G. Hu ...
    Japanese Animation: East Asian Perspectives makes available for the first time to English readership a selection of viewpoints from media practitioners, designers, educators, and scholars working in the East Asian Pacific. This collection not only engages a multidisciplinary approach in understanding the subject of Japanese animation but also shows ways to research, teach, and more fully explore ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

  • Expressive Spaces in Digital 3D Cinema

    by Owen Weetch ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book puts forward a more considered perspective on 3D, which is often seen as a distracting gimmick at odds with artful cinematic storytelling. Owen Weetch looks at how stereography brings added significance and expressivity to individual films that all showcase remarkable uses of the format. Avatar, Gravity, The Hole, The Great Gatsby and Frozen all demonstrate that stereography is a rich ... Read more

    $23.79 USD