ProjectAniVision – Animation in Ephemeral Films from Austria, East & West Germany between 1945 and 1989: A Combined Film…

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Title:
AniVision – Animation in Ephemeral Films from Austria, East & West Germany between 1945 and 1989: A Combined Film Analysis and Computer Vision Approach
Duration:
01/02/2023 to 31/01/2026
Abstract / short description:
Guided by the motto "We make animation visible!", the digital humanities project AniVision uses machine learning and computer vision to explore a hitherto marginalized area of the stylistic history of animation. The project, which is funded by FWF and DFG as part of the Weave Lead Agency Procedure, focuses on ephemeral films, i.e., nonfiction films that are produced for a specific, usually short-term purpose, such as educational films, commercials, or public service announcements. Animation is used in a variety of ways in these films, e.g., to advertise a product in a memorable way, to vividly show a process inside the human body, or to address the audience emotionally with the help of an animated character.
AniVision investigates these different uses and stylistic patterns of animation by analyzing a large corpus of ephemeral films produced during the Cold War period in Austria, West Germany, and East Germany, following an interactive, computer-assisted approach that closely integrates animation research and computer science. AniVision is a transnational collaboration of Dr. Erwin Feyersinger (University of Tübingen, Germany) with Dr. Franziska Bruckner and Dr. Matthias Zeppelzauer (University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten, Austria) and will start on January 1, 2023 with a duration of three years.
Keywords:
Animation
Animationsforschung
Animation Studies
Filmgeschichte
content-based visual retrieval
Gebrauchsfilm
ephemeral film
visual interfaces
computer vision
digital humanities
Digitale Geisteswissenschaften
visualization
Visualisierung
machine learning
maschinelles Lernen

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Managers

Institute of Media Studies
Department of Philosophy and Media, Faculty of Humanities

Local organizational units

Institute of Media Studies
Department of Philosophy and Media
Faculty of Humanities

Funders

Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Cooperations

Sankt Pölten, Niederösterreich, Austria
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