Animated Documentary. A New Genre Or a Marketing Gimmick? Cover Image

Animowany dokument. Nowy gatunek czy chwyt marketingowy?
Animated Documentary. A New Genre Or a Marketing Gimmick?

Author(s): Marcin Giżycki
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Animated Documentary

Summary/Abstract: In recent years, the term “animated documentary” has become very popular. This is largely due to the promotional campaign for the film "Waltz with Bashir" (2008) by Ari Folman, which was promoted as the first full-length animated documentary film. The author carries out criticism of this overused term, and demonstrates that this is an oxymoron. He proposes in its place the term “non-fiction animation”. He also considers the difference between how animation functions in a documentary film and its role in an “animated documentary”.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 101-102
  • Page Range: 300-306
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Polish