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The environmental footprint of animated realism: An ecomaterialist exploration of contemporary digital animated documentaries

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dc.creatorFormenti, Cristina
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-12T11:10:19Z
dc.date.available2024-07-12T11:10:19Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractDespite animation techniques being highly material, the environmental impact of animation is understudied. This essay starts bridging the gap by investigating the making of digital animated documentaries through the lens of ecomaterialism. In particular, it brings to light how the quest for realism that prompts the production choices of creators of such works often comes at a significant cost to the environment. Indeed, many present-day digital animated documentaries prove unsustainable, because multi-layered, wasteful, and excess-informed modes of production that foresee a squandering of resources tend to be adopted when making them. In so doing, the need for animation-focused green protocols is made apparent, especially since, paradoxically, due to animation being a craft-oriented medium, such non-environmentally friendly approaches tend to be encouraged within the industry.en
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/22811
dc.identifier.urihttps://necsus-ejms.org/the-environmental-footprint-of-animated-realism-an-ecomaterialist-exploration-of-contemporary-digital-animated-documentaries/
dc.identifier.urihttps://mediarep.org/handle/doc/24290
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherNECS
dc.publisher.placeMarburg
dc.relation.isPartOfissn:2213-0217
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNECSUS_European Journal of Media Studies
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectanimationen
dc.subjectdocumentaryen
dc.subjectenvironmental sustainabilityen
dc.subjectmaterialismen
dc.subjectproduction culturesen
dc.subject.ddcddc:790
dc.subject.ddcddc:300
dc.titleThe environmental footprint of animated realism: An ecomaterialist exploration of contemporary digital animated documentariesen
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dc.type.statuspublishedVersion
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local.coverpage2024-07-13T02:34:04
local.source.epage241
local.source.issue1
local.source.issueTitle#Open
local.source.spage221
local.source.volume13

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