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Introducing the collection, this chapter sets the stage for researching animated documentary. The introduction explores how animated imagery, which often assumes obviously artificial, non-indexical visual forms, can be used to communicate the qualities of believability and factuality commonly expected from documentary artefacts. The writers contributing to this book consider the varied kinds of subject matter animation might effectively document, and the extent to which animated documentary reflects and influences contemporary understandings of “reality” and “the real”. The book’s essays present interdisciplinary investigations into the aesthetic, practical, ethical, epistemological, philosophical, technological and political issues associated with animated documentary cinema. Tracing the historical roots of animated documentary and where its future directions might lead, Drawn from Life identifies a range of theoretical and practice-led bases from which animated documentary cinema can be productively understood and reimagined. The book’s sections include Past and Present, Defining Terms and Contexts, and Films and Filmmakers. |
