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Disney Live-Action Remakes

Monday, December 2, 2019 to Friday, December 6, 2019

Theme week organized by

Tanya ZukGeorgia State University

An IMR Exclusive Interview with Disney Producer Brigham Taylor

By Sky LaRell Anderson

Monday, December 2, 2019

The Problem of Hyperrealism in The Jungle Book & The Lion King

By Jannik Müller

Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Cruella de Vil: Technology, “Nature”, and the Femme(inist) Fatale

By Carolyn Elerding

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

The Jungle Book: Evolving Representations of Masculinity

By Hannah Greer

Thursday, December 5, 2019

1 comment

Ain't No Passing Craze: Racialized Representations in Disney’s Animated Films

By Rebecca James

Friday, December 6, 2019

1 comment

Featured Content

12/2/2019 to 12/6/2019
Disney Live-Action Remakes

Theme week organized by
Tanya ZukGeorgia State University
11/25/2019 to 11/29/2019
Thanksgiving Break: Staff Picks
11/18/2019 to 11/22/2019
Explorations of Colorism in Media

Theme week organized by
Kimberly R. MoffittUniversity of Maryland Baltimore County
11/10/2019 to 11/14/2019
Collaborations

Theme week organized by
Andrew KempGeorgia State University
11/4/2019 to 11/8/2019
Platform Policy Changes

Theme week organized by
Ashley JonesGeorgia State University
Tanya ZukGeorgia State University
10/28/2019 to 11/1/2019
Female Directed Horror

Theme week organized by
Jayson QuearryGeorgia State University

Recent comments

Re: Ain't No Passing Craze: Racialized Representations in Disney’s Animated Films

Yes and!

By Carolyn Elerding

Friday, December 6, 2019 - 15:11

Rebecca (if I may), I'm very glad to have read your analysis. It's not easy to pack such a comprehensive critique into such a small space! I would be interested in your thoughts on how Gillota's work on essentialism might figure into discussion of...
Re: An IMR Exclusive Interview with Disney Producer Brigham Taylor

No additional insight, but I

By Sky LaRell Anderson

Thursday, December 5, 2019 - 20:54

No additional insight, but I believe the response speaks to the aesthetic sensibilities of a producer (which I believe has a big influence over the production). For instance, simply look at the face animation on the animals in the Lion King remake...
Re: The Jungle Book: Evolving Representations of Masculinity

A close relationship between production and theory

By Carolyn Elerding

Thursday, December 5, 2019 - 17:15

Hannah (if I may), thank you for sharing your thought-provoking perspective. As you might imagine, if you've seen my post on the Dalmatians films, I am very supportive of your interest in comparative historicization of the original and remake. I...
Re: An IMR Exclusive Interview with Disney Producer Brigham Taylor

Abstractions and Divergences

By Jannik Müller

Wednesday, December 4, 2019 - 10:48

Thank you for this very interesting interview. Fascinating that Taylor mentions aesthetic abstraction and narrative divergence from the original stories, both of which the Lion King-remake does not do. I am wondering whether Taylor's last answer...
Re: The Problem of Hyperrealism in The Jungle Book & The Lion King

Literature on animation aesthetics

By Jannik Müller

Wednesday, December 4, 2019 - 10:36

Thank you very much for your comment and your literature recommendations. I'm currently re-reading Maureen Furniss' Art in Motion. Animation Aesthetics and Sebastian Richters Digitaler Realismus (Digital Realism), which has not yet been published...