‘Composers and Animators - the creation of interpretative and collaborative vocabularies,’ Journal of Media Practice 9:1 (March 2008), pp. 29-41.

Hanna, Suzie ‘Composers and Animators - the creation of interpretative and collaborative vocabularies,’ Journal of Media Practice 9:1 (March 2008), pp. 29-41.

Abstract

This article, published in the peer reviewed Journal of Media Practice, considers the role of the composer within the creation of animated films. By identifying historical and contemporary models of interpretation and collaboration between animation directors and sonic artists, the article contributes to the understanding of creative activities and processes in the under-researched area of Animation. The article argues that the development of tools and graphic systems for communicating specifics from one field to the other evidences a shared creative vocabulary from which may evolve specialist hybrid vocabularies, and which at times may lead to innovative collaborative practice. The article has been cited in Rowsell J (2012) Working with Multimodality: Rethinking Literacy in a Digital Age London: Routledge; and in Donnelly K, Hayward P eds. (2012) Music in Science Fiction Television: tuned to the future London: Routledge. The research has also been used in UK and US teaching curricula at the University for the Creative Arts and the Pacific Northwest College of Art,Oregon’s flagship college of art and design. The article builds on research undertaken by Hanna into communications between animators and sound designers initiated through the UK Sonimation project (Hanna, 2001), a commissioned programme of six films produced by collaborating animators and composers, and presented in a paper ‘Sound and Animation: separated by a common language?' at the 'Narrative/Non-Narrative/Anti-Narrative’ conference, University of West England Bristol (2006). The article uses examples taken from Hanna’s own collaborative creative work to inform the identification of significant historical and international practice, and to present a series of exemplars as an original resource for both theorists and practitioners.

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