ANIMATION — footnote episodes

Footnote #21 - World-Building

The Fantasy/Animation Footnote podcasts return for 2023 with this 10-minute discussion of world-building, which examines both fantasy and animation’s ability to create believable and credible ‘worldly’ spaces. Chris and Alex wrestle with a number of ideas related to the appreciation of cinema beyond character and narrative, drawing on V.F. Perkins’ influential writing on film’s many fictional worlds to discuss the question of art’s relationship world-building, worldliness, and worldhood.

FOOTNOTE PODCASTChristopher Holliday and Alexander SergeantJanuary 16, 2023WORLD, FICTION, FANTASY, ANIMATIONComment

Footnote #12 - The Lightning Sketch (with Malcolm Cook)

Joining Chris and Alex for this lightning quick journey through the origins and aesthetics of the lightning sketch tradition in Footnote #12 of the podcast is Dr Malcolm Cook, Associate Professor in Film Studies (University of Southampton), author of Early British Animation: From Page and Stage to Cinema Screens (2018) and co-editor (with Professor Kirsten Moana Thompson) of the collection Animation and Advertising (2019).

FOOTNOTE PODCASTChristopher Holliday and Alexander SergeantAugust 1, 2022ANIMATION, HISTORY, AESTHETICS, STYLE, THEATRE, LABOURComment

Footnote #11 - Society for Animation Studies (with Chris Pallant)

Footnote #11 comes live from the 33rd annual Society for Animation Studies conference, which took place in late-June and early-July 2022 at Teesside University. Joining Chris and Alex for this rundown of the society as an “international organisation dedicated to the study of animation history and theory” is the current SAS President, Dr Chris Pallant (Canterbury Christ Church University), previously a special guest on our Bagpuss (Peter Firmin & Oliver Postgate, 1974) episode of the podcast.

FOOTNOTE PODCASTChristopher Holliday and Alexander SergeantJuly 18, 2022ANIMATION, INDUSTRY, HISTORY, ACADEMIAComment

Footnote #6 - Anthropomorphism

The business of talking animals is the focus of Footnote #6, as Chris (with a bit of Alex) takes listeners through the shared histories of anthropomorphism and animation, and the acquisition of humanlike qualities (sentience, subjectivity, and selfhood) by non-human animated characters.

Footnote #2 - Animation

The first Fantasy/Animation Footnote Episode proper launches with this short discussion on the origins and genealogies of animation, from cave paintings and Victorian children’s toys to the lightning sketch tradition and the comic books.

Footnote #1 - Introduction

Fantasy/Animation launches its new series of Footnote Episodes with this short introductory discussion that explains what to expect from these bonus fortnightly instalments, which will serve as brief ‘footnotes’ to the main podcast.

FOOTNOTE PODCASTChristopher Holliday and Alexander SergeantJanuary 24, 2022FANTASY, ANIMATION, ACADEMIA, THEORYComment