Lea Vidakovic Lea Vidakovic is a multimedia artist and independent scholar, who works with traditional puppet animation in the field of art, animated installations and expanded media practices. Her research interests include fragmented narratives and new storytelling approaches for animated installations, expanded cinema, storytelling and puppet animation in contemporary context. She is a recent PhD …
Kamila Boháčková Kamila Boháčková is a PhD student at FAMU Prague. Her research focuses on hand-held puppets in Czech (Czechoslovak) films. Kamila graduated from Faculty of Arts at Charles University Prague with a Master degree in Film Studies and Czech Studies. Currently, she is a head editor of the Czech translation of Giannalberto Bendazzi’s Animation: …
Eliska Decka, Daria Kashcheeva This paper combines theoretical and practical approach of animation studies research. Firstly, it consists of Kashcheeva’s reflection of her own creative process within her critically acclaimed short film Daughter (focusing especially on her innovative use of hand-held camera). Secondly, this paper puts her experience, methods and practices into wider theoretical context …
Myria Christophini Njenga Dr Myria Christophini Njenga is a Scottish and Cypriot experimental animator, visual artist and researcher. She is a graduate of the Bauhaus University, the University for the Creative Arts and the Glasgow School of Art, where she gained a practice-led PhD in animation, social change and peace-building. Currently, she is active as …
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 …
