动画设计外文文献翻译.docx
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动画设计外文文献翻译
文献出处:
Amidi,Amid.Cartoonmodern:
styleanddesigninfiftiesanimation.ChronicleBooks,(2006):
292-296.
原文
CartoonModern:
StyleandDesigninFiftiesAnimation
Amidi,Amid
Duringthe1970s,whenIwasagraduatestudentinfilmstudies,UPAhadapresenceintheacademyandamongcinephilesthatithassincelost.With16mmdistributionthrivingandthefilmsonlyaroundtwentyyearsold,onecouldstillseeRootyTootTootorTheUnicornintheGardenoccasionally.Inthedecadessince,UPAandthemodernstyleitwassocentralinfosteringduringthe1950shaverecededfromsight.Ofthestudio'sownfilms,onlyGeraldMcBoingBoinganditsthreesequelshaveaDVDtothemselves,andfansmustsearchoutsourcesforoldVHScopiesofothers.Mostmodernist-influencedfilmsmadebythelessprominentstudiosoftheeraarecompletelyunavailable.
UPAremains,however,partofthestandardstoryoffilmhistory.Followingtwodecadesofrulebytherealist-orientedWaltDisneyproduct,thesmallstudioboldlyintroducedamoreabstract,stylizedlookborrowedfrommodernisminthefinearts.Othersmallerstudiosfolloweditslead.JohnHubley,sometimesinpartnershipwithhiswifeFaith,becameacanonicalnameinanimationstudies.Butthetrendlargelyendedafterthe1950s.Nowitsimportanceistakenforgranted.DavidBordwellandIfollowedthepatternbymentioningUPAbrieflyinourFilmHistory:
AnIntroduction,wherewereproduceablack-and-whiteframefromtheHubleys'Moonbird,takenfromaworn16mmprint.Bynow,UPAreceivesasortofvaguerespect,whilefewactuallyseeanythingbeyondthethreeorfourmostfamoustitles.
AllthismakesAmidAmidi'sCartoonModernanimportantbook.Publishedinanattractivehorizontalformatwellsuitedtodisplayingfilmimages,itprovideshundredsofcolordrawings,paintings,cels,storyboards,andotherdesignimagesfrom1950scartoonsthatdisplaytheinfluenceofmodernart.AmidistickstotheU.S.animationindustryanddoesnotcoverexperimentalworkorformatsotherthancelanimation.Thebookbringstheinnovativestyleofthe1950sbacktoourattentionandprovidesaveritablearchiveofrare,mostlyunpublishedimagesforteachers,scholars,andenthusiasts.Seekingtheseoutandmakingsurethattheyreproducedwell,withagoodlayoutandfaithfulcolor,wasamajoraccomplishment,andtheresultisagreatservicetothefield.
Thecollectionofimagesissoattractive,interesting,andinformative,thatitdeservedanequallyusefulaccompanyingtext.Unfortunately,bothintermsoforganizationandamountofinformationprovided,thebookhasmajortextualproblems.
Amidistateshispurposeintheintroduction:
"toestablishtheplaceof1950sanimationdesigninthegreatModernisttraditionofthearts".Infact,hebarelydiscussesmodernismacrossthearts.Heisfarmoreconcernedwithidentifyingtheindividualfilmmakers,mainlydesigners,layoutartists,anddirectors,andwithdescribinghowthemorepioneeringonesamongthemmanagedtoinsertmoderniststyleintotheproductsofwhatheseesastheold-fashioned,conservativeanimationindustryofthelate1940s.Whenthosefilmmakerslovedjazzorstudiedatanartschoolorexpressedanadmirationfor,say,FernandLéger,Amidimentionsit.HemayoccasionallyrefertoAbstractExpressionismorPopArt,buthereliesuponthereadertocometothebookalreadyknowingtheartistictrendsofthetwentiethcenturyinbothAmericaandEurope.AtleasttwicehementionsthatGyorgyKepes'simportant1944bookTheLanguageofVisionwasakeyinfluenceonsomeoftheanimatorsinclinedtowardmodernism,butheneverexplainswhattheymighthavederivedfromit.Thereisnoattempttosuggesthowmodernistfilms(e.g.Balletmécanique,DasCabinetdesDr.Caligari)mighthaveinfluencedthoseofHollywood.Onthewhole,theotherartsandmodernismarejustassumed,withoutexplanationorspecification,tobethecontextforthesefilmmakersandfilms.
ThereseemtomethreedistinctproblemswithAmidi'sapproach:
hisbroad,all-encompassingdefinitionofmodernism;hisdisdainformoretraditionalanimation,especiallythatofDisney;andhislayoutofthechapters.
ForAmidi,"modern"seemstomeaneverythingfromAbstractExpressionismtostylizedgreetingcards.HedoesnotdistinguishCubismfromSurrealismorexplainwhatstrainofmodernismhehasinmind.Hedoesnotexplicitlylayoutadifferencebetweenmodernist-influencedanimationandanimationthatisgenuinelyapartofmodern/modernistart.ThusthereisnomentionoffigureslikeOskarFischingerandMaryEllenBute,thoughthereseemsapossibilitythattheirworkinfluencedthemainstreamfilmmakersdealtwithinthebook.
ThismaybebecauseAmidiseesmodernism'sentryintoAmericananimationonlysecondarilyasamatterofdirectinfluencesfromtheotherarts.Instea
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