"Animation: Genre and Authorship" is an overview of the distinctive
language of animation, its production processes, and the particular
questions about who makes it, under what conditions and with what
purpose. Arguably, animation provides the greatest opportunity for
distinctive models of "auteurism" and revises generic categories. This
is the first study to look specifically at these issues, and to
challenge the prominence of live action movie-making as the first form
of contemporary cinema and visual culture. Including extensive analysis
of individual animators and their operation within studios such as
Disney and Dreamworks, the book investigates the use of animation in
genres from horror and science fiction to documentary and propaganda.