{"product_id":"drawn-from-life-jonathan-murray-9781474431828","title":"Drawn from Life: Issues and Themes in Animated Documentary Cinema","description":"\u003cp\u003eDocumentary cinema has always drawn from real life, but an increasing number of contemporary filmmakers are going further still, drawing onscreen images of reality through a range of animated filmmaking techniques. \u003cem\u003eDrawn from Life\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book to explore the field of animated documentaries from a diverse range of scholarly and practice-based perspectives, exploring and proposing answers to a range of questions that preoccupy twenty-first-century film artists and audiences alike: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhy use animation to document?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow do such images reflect and influence our understanding and experience of reality, whether public or private, psychological or political?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom early cinema to present-day scientific research, military uses, digital art and gaming, this book casts new light on the capacity of the moving image to act as a record of the world around us, challenging the orthodox definitions of documentary cinema.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Murray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474431828\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474431828\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.70d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jonathan Murray","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990895100159,"sku":"9781474431828","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c19266d6-1d04-4037-a866-f2c2de279837.jpg?v=1683307295","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/drawn-from-life-jonathan-murray-9781474431828","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}