The Agency and Effect of Technical Equipment on Animation Production in Studios Se-Ma-For and FS Kudlov in the 1970s and 1980s

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14210%2F24%3A00139733" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14210/24:00139733 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.iluminace.cz/en/artkey/ilu-202403-0001_the-agency-and-effect-of-technical-equipment-on-animation-production-in-studios-se-ma-for-and-fs-kudlov-in-the.php" target="_blank" >https://www.iluminace.cz/en/artkey/ilu-202403-0001_the-agency-and-effect-of-technical-equipment-on-animation-production-in-studios-se-ma-for-and-fs-kudlov-in-the.php</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.58193/ilu.1792" target="_blank" >10.58193/ilu.1792</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The Agency and Effect of Technical Equipment on Animation Production in Studios Se-Ma-For and FS Kudlov in the 1970s and 1980s

Original language description

This study examines the animation studios FS Kudlov in Gottwaldov and Se-Ma-For in Łódź in the 1970s and 1980s through the lens of Actor-Network Theory (ANT). The goal is to demonstrate ANT as a tool for understanding the role of human and non-human actors (such as equipment, materials, and spaces) in shaping work processes. In Se-Ma-For, the “reprojector kit” used by Zbigniew Rybczyński for the Oscar-winning Tango (1981) prompted innovative techniques, while in FS Kudlov, a work process supplementing a copy machine influenced Karel Zeman’s work. Both studios faced constraints due to limited technology access in the Eastern Bloc, relying on creative adaptation. Se-Ma-For formed new working groups around the reprojector kit, whereas FS Kudlov integrated new equipment into existing networks, aided by in-house laboratories. ANT offers a broader perspective, where the human actors (directors, cameramen) and non-human actors (equipment, textured paper, darkrooms etc.) were equally crucial, highlighting their interdependence. By analyzing archival materials, oral histories and equipment, materials and spaces themselves, this study underscores the synergy between human and non-human actors, which was essential in shaping the unique innovative work processes of both Se-Ma-For and FS Kudlov.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60405 - Studies on Film, Radio and Television

Project

<a href="/en/project/GF21-04081K" target="_blank" >GF21-04081K: Animation Studios in Gottwaldov and Lodz (1945/47-1990) - Comparative Collective Biography</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Iluminace

ISSN

0862-397X

e-ISSN

2570-9267

Volume of the periodical

36

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

28

Pages from-to

35-62

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85217224310