Books give an overview of a subject and provide information on core concepts and theories. This makes them a good starting point for your assignments. Core books for your subject will be listed on your module reading list. If you have an online reading list on Blackboard or another learning environment, this will show you the copies of the book available from the library. You can also find books by searching FINDit, the Library search engine.
You can browse the collection using the shelfmarks below:
| 004.019 | Virtual reality |
| 006.693 | 3D / Three-dimensional graphics |
| 006.696 | Computer animation |
| 741.58 | Drawing and storyboards |
| 743.4 | Figure drawing |
| 777.7 | Animation: cinematography |
| 777.9 | Special effects / visual effects |
| 791.43 | Film |
| 791.4334 | Animated films |
Use FINDit: Search/Libraries, to perform detailed searches for individual books or for material relevant to your topic or subject.
1. To find a specific book title, enter the book title or author in the FINDit search box and select the Libraries search option.
2. To find books on a subject, enter a keyword into the FINDit search box and select the Libraries search option.
3. Can’t find the book you are looking for? You can request it as an interlibrary loan or Recommend the book to your Librarian
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How can we describe movements in animated films? In Figure and Force in Animation Aesthetics, Ryan Pierson introduces a powerful new method for the study of animation. By looking for figures - arrangements that seem to intuitively hold together - and forces - underlying units of attraction,repulsion, and direction - Pierson reveals startling new possibilities for animation criticism, history, and theory.
The award-winning VES Handbook of Visual Effects remains the most complete guide to visual effects techniques and best practices available today. This new edition has been updated to include the latest, industry-standard techniques, technologies, and workflows for the ever-evolving fast paced world of visual effects.
Spectacular Posthumanism examines the ways in which VFX imagery fantasizes about digital disembodiment while simultaneously reasserting the importance of the lived body. Analyzing a wide range of case studies-including the films of David Cronenberg and Stanley Kubrick, image technologies such as performance capture and crowd simulation, Game of Thrones, Terminator: Genisys, Planet Earth, and 300-Ayers builds on Miriam Hansen's concept of "vernacular modernism" to argue that the "vernacular posthumanism" of these media objects has a phenomenological impact on viewers.
The Library has access to a wide variety of eBooks across all subject areas, these are discoverable and accessible via FINDit. Type your keywords or title into the search box and choose to search 'Libraries'.
Next refine your search to 'Full Text Online' on the left hand side of the search results.
When you have found a book that you would like to read then click on the title and access via the 'View it' link.
More information can be found in our eBooks Guide.
