VISUALIZATION OF MUSIC IN SOVIET ANIMATIONS AND READING KOTYONOCHKIN'S WORKS
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series "Well, Just You Wait!" (1969) in USSR, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Kotyonochkin's (1927-
2000) animations regarding music visualization. In this context, two animated films from
the director's oeuvre deserve special attention: "Prophets and Lessons" (1967) and "Young
Drummer Boy" (1972) can be seen as the peak of applying artistic montage with sound to
animated films in Soviet propaganda animations. Unfortunately, Kotyonochkin and his
pioneering works did go unnoticed by scholars, and they usually investigate the general
aspects of the field. In exploring these aspects of his works, I will try to fill a noticeable gap in
the film-music concerning Soviet animations and music visualization theories. After a brief
introduction to music usage in Soviet animations and his background as well as providing
further understanding of the narratives of his films, I will analyze the audio-visual elements in
his works by referring to relevant scholars' theories such as Michel Chion, Wassily Kandinsky,
Sergei Eisenstein and Lawrence Zbikowski in the framework of leitmotif, synaesthesia, artistic
montage and harmony, before giving a conclusion.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Soviet, Animation, Music, Visualization
Destekleyen Kurum
Kaynakça
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