Animation Universe


Society for Animation Studies Conference 2007


Portland State University, June 30th - July 1st, 2007

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Registration and Orientation, University Place Hotel, Reservation Lobby
Platform International Animation Festival: Short Film Competition 5, PCPA
Platform International Animation Festival: Animated Installations Tour, PNCA



Registration and Orientation

Welcome—Barbara Sestak, Dean, School of Fine and Performing Arts, Portland State University

Animation Universe Keynote Address—Dan McLaughlin, MFA Program in Animation, UCLA

Refreshment Break

Animation Universe Panel—Pervasive Animation: From Mobile Telephony to Gallery Installation
Panel Chair: Dr. Suzanne Buchan, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK
Panelists:
Dr. Paul Ward, Arts Institute at Bournemouth, UK
Bob Rehak, Swarthmore College, USA
Dr. Karin Wehn, University of Leipzig, Germany

Introduction: Maureen Furniss, CalArts, USA

Lunch Break

Presenters' Prep Session (test and practice your presentation)

Platform International Animation Festival Events (See Platform Event Schedule for locations.)
Newmark Theater, Antoinette Hatfield Hall, located at 1111 SW Broadway (at Main).
Princess Iron Fan (Screening)
Competition Program 6
Robbie Cooper Presentation (PAC)
Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (Screening)

Winningstad Theater, Antoinette Hatfield Hall, located at 1111 SW Broadway (at Main).
Basil Wolverton (Panel)
Student Showcase 1

Whitsell Auditorium, Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Avenue
Sita Sings the Blues: Screening & presentation by Nina Paley
Animate! Extending the Imagination 2 (Screening and panel)
Princess Iron Fan (Repeat)

5th & Couch Street PARTY, at NW 5th Avenue and Couch Street.



Animation Universe—Session One Papers: Histories
Discussion Moderator: Hua Wang, Nagoya University, Japan

Animating The Inanimate And Making It Sing: The Genesis Of A Hollywood Cartoon Genre—Richard Leskovsky, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

The Two Golden Ages of Animated Music Video—Gunnar Strøm, Volda University College, Norway

The Movie Brat Generation and the Animation Renaissance—Harvey Deneroff, Savannah College of Art and Design, USA

Glory Box Folksonomies—Immanence and Martyrdom in Modern Animation—Amalia Levari, CalArts, USA

Refreshment Break

Animation Universe—Session Two Papers: Works in the Making
Discussion Moderator: Luke Baldwin Dubin, Brock University, Canada

"There is no place like Quickdraw, there is no place like Quickdraw": Calgary Alberta's Quickdraw Animation Society—Lynne Perras, University of Calgary, Canada

Advertising and Animation Auteurism—Phil Anderson, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, USA

Process And Product: A Pedagogical Praxis—Tony Tarantini, Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, Canada


Lunch Break


Animation Universe—Session Three Papers: Reading the Action
Discussion Moderator: Amalia Levari, CalArts, USA

Spinning Pizzas and the Invisible Bus : ‘Event Analysis' in Animated Storytelling—Paul Wells, Loughborough University, UK

The Use of Structuralism in Animation Analysis: Structural Relationships of Music and Images in Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away—Hua Wang, Nagoya University, Japan

Half-Breed Dog, Half-Breed Film: Balto as Animelodrama—Amy Ratelle, Independent scholar, Canada

Words, Gasps, and Beyond Articulation: Michaela Pavlatova's Erotic Universe—Miriam Harris, Unitec New Zealand

Refreshment Break

Animation Universe—Session Four Papers: Meaning within Movement
Discussion Moderator: Jeremy Schwartz, CalArts, USA

Animated Cycles and Modern Life-Machines—Victoria Meng, Candidate of Philosophy, University of California, Los Angeles. USA

The Uses and Abuses of Cartoon Style in Animation—Leslie Bishko, Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design + Media, Canada

Lord of the Rotoscope—Ethan de Seife, Gettysburg College, USA

Pixilation and the Uncanny—Jeremy Schwartz, CalArts, USA

Platform International Animation Festival—Awards Ceremony
Platform International Animation Festival—Closing Party



Animation Universe—Session Five Papers: Identity and Character
Discussion Moderator: Ethan de Seife, Gettysburg College, USA

The Man in the Gray Flannel Cat Suit: Anthropomorphic Anxiety in Hanna-Barbera's ‘Tom & Jerry' Series, Michael Dow, Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, USA

Masculinity, Isolation and Reassertion within Link and Bunnage's Modern Toss—Van Norris, School of Creative Arts, Film and Media, University of Portsmouth, UK

Breaking Boundaries: the Representation of Fragmentary Identity in Japanese Animation—Caroline Ruddell, St Mary's College, University of Surrey, UK

(The) Death (Of) The Animator, Or: The Felicity Of Felix, Part II: A Difficulty In The Path Of Animation Studies—Alan Cholodenko, University of Sydney, Australia

Refreshment Break

Animation Universe—Session Six Papers: Drawing from Art
Discussion Moderator: Charles daCosta, University College for the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK

Early Connections Between Film and Emerging Media Theory as Evidenced in The Animated Worlds of Adam Beckett—Pamela Turner, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA

The Double Sense Of Animation Innovative Storytelling Through The Ambiguity Of Animated Images—Maria Lorenzo, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain

Animation in the Gallery: Between Artefact and Moving Image—Dr. Suzanne Buchan, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK


Lunch Break and SAS Business Meeting


Animation Universe—Session Seven Papers: Technique and Style
Discussion Moderator: Maria Lorenzo, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain

The Newly Developed Form of Ganime and Its Relation to Limited Animation for Adult in Japan—Sheuo Hui Gan, Ph.D Candidate, Kyoto University, Japan

Little Chinese Dog—Lucy Childs, National Centre for Computer Animation, Bournemouth Media School, Bournemouth University, UK

Composing Visual Music (with Digital Data)—Brian Evans, University of Alabama, USA

Refreshment Break

Animation Universe—Session Eight Papers: Interactions and Current Trends
Discussion Moderator: Brian Wells, Mindfulwhim Animation, USA

Homestar Runner.net, It's Dotcom!"—Nichola Dobson, Independent scholar, UK

Web Animation 2.0: The New Generation of Animation on the Internet, Dr. Karin Wehn, University of Leipzig, Germany

Animated Appeal: A Survey Of Kids' Educational Software—Tom Klein, Loyola Marymount University, School of Film and Television, USA


Conference Adjournment and Goodbyes

SAS and Platform Closing Reception hosted by Pacific Northwest College of Art

SAS and Platform Closing Panel—"Thinking the Visual: Seeing Narrative, Moving Boundaries"
Hosted with a generous grant from Pacific Northwest College of Art.
Panel Chair: Rose Bond, animator, PNCA, USA
Panelists:
Scott McLoud, comic artist, theorist, and author, USA
J.J. Sedelmier, animation director, USA
Paul Wells, author, Loughborough University, UK




Animation Universe Intensive—Workshops for PSU Students

The Animation Audience—Perception, Reception and Deception in Watching Animation—Paul Wells, Loughborough University, UK

Lunch Break

The Basic Principles of Animation—Brian Wells, Mindfulwhim Animation, USA

Laban For Animators—Leslie Bishko, Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design + Media, Canada





Animation Universe Intensive—Workshops for PSU Students

Storyboards—Brian Wells, Mindfulwhim Animation, USA

Lunch Break

The Studio Method—Dana Driskel, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA