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Slide 1: Animation Time Date Professor Title: Blinkity Blank Director: Norman McLaren Permission: National Film Board of Canada http://www.filmreferencelibrary.ca Horse animated by rotoscoping from Eedweard Muybridge's 19th c. photos Images from Wii Baseball Game Anime From Sailor Moon
Slide 2: Library Resources  Ask-a-Librarian  Writing Center  Special Collections  Animated sequence of galloping race horse Photos by Eadweard Muybridge (1887) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/ Films, animation cels, storyboards… Image database based on classes & requests from professors  Visual Resources Center   Library Catalog: books, e-books, videos
Slide 3: Library Resources More Research Databases: Art Fulltext  Wilson Omnifile  DAAI (Design and Applied Arts Index)  Lexis Nexis  Film and Television Index  Communication and Mass Media  JSTOR  Project Muse 
Slide 4: Norman McLaren Possible Search Terms: • McLaren, Norman • Animator • Animation • • • • • → Helpful Hint: Try combining some of these search terms Search: – Subject Search → ANIMATION (Cinematography) – Narrow further → Animation AND History Animated films National Film Board of Canada Motion pictures Promotional still from Blinkity Motion picture producers & directors Blank from NFB of Canada http://www.nfb.ca/collection/fi Specific films/project (ex: Blinkity Blank)
Slide 5: Animation Begin with Books general KEYWORD SEARCHES : Animated film Animated film and history Animated film and COUNTRY Stop motion 3D Find Animation and history Animation and COUNTRY Animation and technique NAME of animator Animators Name of animation studio Animé Cartooning CGI Video games Animation and television Animated television Animated cartoons OR Cartoons Cartoon characters Computer animation Gaming
Slide 6: Keyword vs. Subject Searches 1. Start with a general keyword search to get a feel for what’s available. 1. Once you find a book or article that looks good, take note of the subjects used to describe it. 1. Most catalogs and databases let you click on these subjects as links. 1. You can also rework your search based on these subjects. 1. Changing your search terms, even slightly, can lead to new and useful results.
Slide 7: Re fine Y our Search: Subject Searches  Animation OR Animation (Cinematography) Animation (Cinematography) – Technique Animation (Cinematography) – Handbooks, manuals, etc. →Narrow further —Animation (Cinematography) – History Animated films → Narrow further—Clay animation films  Animators (OR specific animator → Last name, 1st name)  Computer animation OR Computer graphics OR Three-dimensional  display systems Television broadcasting of animated films  Animated television programs  Caricatures and cartoons OR Cartoons and comics  Video games → Narrow further – Fantasy games 
Slide 8: Subject Searches  Popular culture  Social aspects  Psychological aspects  Design  Comic books, strips, etc.  Graphic novels  Marketing  Drawing  Film OR Motion pictures Related
Slide 9: Find Articles Start your search with the following databases:      Art Fulltext Wilson Omnifile Lexis Nexis Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI) Film and Television Literature Index
Slide 10: Not f inding anything? Try the s e databas e s …    Communication and Mass Media Complete JSTOR Project Muse *Sometimes, it is just a matter of finding the right database for your topic.
Slide 11: Journals & Magazines Sight & Sound Art in America Leonardo Film Quarterly Broadcasting and Cable Entertainment Weekly Journal of Popular Film & Television Suggested Animation Journal* Animation Magazine* Funnyworld (1974-1979) American Artist Print Variety Animatrix Computer Graphics World Journal of Visual Culture Journal of Popular Culture American Cinematographer Film History Diacritics New York Times Magazine Post Computer Arts 3D World
Slide 12: Evaluate Websites Apply the CRAAP Test as a checklist:      Currency Relevance Authority Accuracy Purpose “Focus on Animation: Norman McLaren” from the National Film Board of Canada http://www.nfb.ca/animation/objanim/en/filmmakers/Norman-McLaren/overview.php
Slide 13: • Origins of American Animation (Library of Congress) http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/oahtml/oahome.html 21 animated films & 2 fragments (1900-1921). Clay, puppet & cut out animation, pen drawings. Connects newspaper comic strips to early films. Development of animation & social attitudes of the time. Websites • American Film Institute: Top 10 Animation http://www.afi.com/10top10/animation.html • History of Animation Webpages (Texas A & M University) http://www-viz.tamu.edu/courses/viza615/97spring/history.html Based on student papers • Animation Factory http://www.animationfactory.com/en Royalty free animations, 3D clip art, and templates animation • 3D Café http://www.3dcafe.com Information on 3D modeling &
Slide 14: More Websites • Digital Game Based Learning http://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/games/digigbl.html Includes links to video game examples • Animation Lab (Georgia Tech) http://gvu.cc.gatech.edu/animation/animlab.html Graphics, Visualization & Usability Center • Focus on Animation (National Film Board of Canada) http://www.nfb.ca/animation/objanim/en Includes Animando, 12minute film demonstrating 10 animation techniques (& how to use them) http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/index.cfm?articleid=11263 • Animation Research Centre (University College for the Creative Arts) • The Animation Museum (Korea) http://animationmuseum.com/eng/en01.html (English version)
Slide 15: & More Websites • Jerry Beck's Cartoon Research http://www.cartoonresearch.com Detailed filmographies, animator biographies, cartoon synopsis, animation history • Related sites: – Jen Library Special Collections http://blog.scad.edu/speccoll – Cartoon Research Library (Ohio State Univ.) http://cartoons.osu.edu Largest academic research facility documenting US cartoon art – ImageTexT (University of Florida) http://www.english.ufl.edu/imagetext Online scholarly journal covering comic art and related subjects • Other sources of information: Websites of animation studio websites or animators, YouTube, Google, & Wikimedia Commons
Slide 16: Ex: Bruno Bozzetto → Check out his website Find images, videos, awards, exhibitions… Current Animator?
Slide 17: Reference Books: A great Place to Start • The animated film encyclopedia: a complete guide to American shorts, features & sequences 1900-1979 REF NC 1765 .W42 2000 • Animated films REF PN1997.5 .C55 2004 • Animation art: from pencil to pixel, the history of cartoon, animé & CGI REF NC1765 .A535 2004 • The animation business handbook REF PN1993.5.U6 R365 2004 • Animated TV specials: the complete directory to the first twenty-five years, 1962-1987 REF PN 1992.8 .S64 W66 1989 • American animated films: the silent era, 1897-1929 REF NC 1766 .U5 G54 1990 • The animated film collector's guide: worldwide sources for cartoons on video & laserdisc REF NC 1765 .K52 1997
Slide 18: More Reference Books • Animation art: the early years, 1911-1953 REF NC 1765 .L74 1995 • Animation art: the later years, 1954-1993 REF NC 1765 .L744 1996 • Animation, caricature, and gag and political cartoons in the U.S. and Canada REF Z 5956 .C3 L45 1994 • Animation 101 REF TR 897.5 .P56 1998 • Animation unlimited: innovative short films since 1940 REF NC 1765 .F23 2003 • The anime encyclopedia: a guide to Japanese animation since 1917 REF NC1766.J3 C53 2006 • The anime movie guide: [movie-by-movie guide to Japanese animation] REF NC 1766 .J3 M33 1997
Slide 19: Still More Reference Books • The encyclopedia of animated cartoons REF NC 1766 .U5 L46 1999 • Television cartoon shows: an illustrated encyclopedia, 19492003 REF PN1992.8.A59 E74 2005 • The Great cartoon stars: a who's who REF NC1766.U5 G7 1988 • European illustration REF NC 998.6 .E87 E9 • Search: the graphics Web guide: interface, typography, illustration, photography, animation, film & video REF NC 1001.6 .C68 2002 • The world encyclopedia of cartoons REF NC 1325 .W67 1999
Slide 20: Questions? • Ask-a-Librarian (email) • Reference Desk – Stop by – Call • Reference Office Based on NASA Images