Julia Bracegirdle's Outputs (7)

Theories on the use of theatrical esotropia in character design and performance (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Based on content analysis and interviews, this paper will present theories on why the eye focus of realistic or semi-realistic animated characters is deliberately skewed inwards, in medical terms presenting as a convergent squint or esotropia.The ori... Read More about Theories on the use of theatrical esotropia in character design and performance.

From Harryhausen to Aardman: The evolution of stop-motion animation (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Introduced screening of 'One Million Years B.C.' (1966) and chaired panel discussion with Connor Heaney (Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation) and Merlin Crossingham (Aardman Animations).

Animation - An impossible course (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A talk about the complexities of designing and delivering HE Animation programmes, addressing the multidisciplinary, sticky nature of animation curricula and the challenges of delivering a comprehensive course. It included an investigation of industr... Read More about Animation - An impossible course.

Design course at LEGO group (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Expressionist film and beyond (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Public Lecture in relation to The Journey out of Darkness exhibition at New Walk Museum, Leicester (31/10/09 - 3/05/10).

The author used the New Walk’s Expressionist Art exhibition as a starting point, tracing early forms of film exhibition in Ge... Read More about Expressionist film and beyond.

The art of anticipation: How animation depicted the possibilities of space exploration (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

During the 1950s Animation was one of the primary ways in which the possibilities of space travel and exploration were depicted. The focus of the paper was primarily on American outputs such as Disney’s Man in Space (1955) and the work of Chesley Bon... Read More about The art of anticipation: How animation depicted the possibilities of space exploration.

10 Years of CelAction (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Initiated and co-organized a public round-table discussion and screening investigating the impact of CelAction software on the UK animation industry. Co-organisers: Paul Wells (Director, Animation Academy, Loughborough University) and Gareth Howell (... Read More about 10 Years of CelAction.