Caroline Ruddell Dr Caroline Ruddell is Senior Lecturer in Film, and Divisional Lead for Production and Performance at Brunel University London. She specialises in animation and representation onscreen and has published widely in these areas. Caroline is currently researching craft-based, handmade animation and has recently published The Crafty Animator: Handmade, Craft-based Animation and Cultural Value (eds. Ruddell & …
Chris Pallant Chris Pallant is a Reader in Creative Arts and Industries at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. His publications include Demystifying Disney: A History of Disney Feature Animation (2011), Storyboarding: A Critical History (2015), Animated Landscapes: History, Form and Function (2015) and Animation: Critical and Primary Sources (2021). Chris also serves as President of the Society for Animation Studies. He is currently finishing work on his …
Vincenzo Maselli Vincenzo Maselli is a research fellow in Design at Sapienza University of Rome. His interests focus on animation and motion design and his researches concern the study of puppets’ material and technological features in stop-motion animated films and the analysis of pedagogical approaches to teach motion graphics in academic contexts. He published several articles about these themes and he is the author of the book “Anatomy …
Samira Poffo Samira Poffo is a visual artist and art educator who graduated in Visual Arts at Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Brazil. Currently Master’s student in Animation Arts program at Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal. Where research the connections between art and animation with a special focus on the use of …
Farzaneh Yazdandoost Farzaneh Yazdandoost is a PhD candidate of film and media in Cambridge school of creative industries, ARU. She is conducting her research about the specific approach towards physical materials in stop-motion puppet animations, such as that of Wes Anderson and Suzie Templeton, which results in making reference to physical reality. In 2019, she presented “The Implication of …
Benjamin Pinsent Benjamin Pinsent is a third-year PhD student at the University of East Anglia with a special interest in special effects. His Thesis is entitled Examined by the Light of the Moon: Comparing and Contrasting Critical and Production Reception of Practical Creature Effects in the films of Rick BakerIt is a historical materialist study …
2020 was a legacy year for animation in Edinburgh – the National Galleries of Modern Art, began to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the legend, Ray Harryhausen and at Edinburgh College of Art, we celebrated the 30th anniversary of the animation programme. Though different in scope and scale, they are connected by a passion for …
We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for our ‘Bringing Legacy to Life’ (online) Stop Motion Conference! Tickets are limited and include a small fee of £10, which will give delegates access to all panels, keynotes and special events. Note: registration closes on the 15th of April. Full details of the programme …
