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From despicable to happy: animated vocality in the evolution of Felonious Gru

Veronica Stewart, Diane Hughes

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review

    Abstract

    The role of animated vocality is explored through analyses of Pharell Williams’ songs as featured in Despicable Me films. Williams’ singer-songwriter vocality – cumulative and identifying factors - atypically encompasses sound production, songwriting, and singing. Such vocality is identified within a purposefully developed framework that informs the development of animated characterisation.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationThe singing voice in contemporary cinema
    EditorsDiane Hughes, Mark Evans
    Place of PublicationSouth Yorkshire
    PublisherEquinox Publishing
    Chapter12
    Pages196-212
    Number of pages16
    ISBN (Electronic)9781781797389
    ISBN (Print)9781781794456, 9781781791127
    Publication statusPublished - 2020

    Keywords

    • singing
    • song
    • Gru
    • film

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