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Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A continuation of 1994's groundbreaking Cartoons, Giannalberto Bendazzi's Animation: A World History is the largest, deepest, most comprehensive text of its kind, based on the idea that animation is an art form that deserves its own place in scholarship. Bendazzi delves beyond just Disney, offering readers glimpses into the animation of Russia, Africa, Latin America, and other often-neglected areas and introducing over fifty previously undiscovered...
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Description: A Moving Subject offers a collection of essays from around the world. From Italy to the Middle East, from an analysis of A Night on Bald Mountain to African cinema animation, these essays help to paint the world of animation in a comprehensive and international manner. Handpicked by renowned animation historian and researcher Giannalberto Bendazzi, this book offers a look at the global foundations of animation from disparate regions,...
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Language
English
Description
Professional animator Howard Beckerman has drawn them all: Popeye, Heckle & Jeckle, even Mickey Mouse. In Animation, he offers a road map to the complex art of making an animated feature. Vivid sketches, screen shots, and step-by-step illustrations show how to make a drawing come to life, create storyboards, use form and color, develop a soundtrack, edit, and more. This new edition is also thoroughly updated to reflect the latest trends surrounding...
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Hans P. Bacher is acknowledged as one of the greats of production design for animation, He has been given access to Disney's archives to uncover eye-popping examples of both his own work and that of his colleagues. Featured are illustrations from 'Bambi', 'Mulan', 'Beauty and the Beast', 'Brother Bear' and many more.
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Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"In Earmarked for Collision, award-winning writer, Chris Robinson (The Animation Pimp, Mad Eyed Misfits, Unsung Heroes of Animation), takes us on a tour of the history of collage animation, cataloguing the collage works of notable artists like Larry Jordan, Harry Smith, Stan Vanderbeek, Terry Gilliam, Janie Geiser, Martha Colburn, Lewis Klahr, Run Wrake, Lei Lei, Kelly Sears, Jodie Mack and many, many others"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Get the whole story on directing animated movies, games, and advertisements with this rich, visual guide. Author Tony Bancroft knows that a great director needs creative AND managerial expertise, and this book provides insight on both from a team of animation greats, headed up by this renowned director of Mulan. With personal stories and experiences and important tips of the trade from the author and his A-list contacts, Directing for Animation is...
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Pub. Date
©2010
Language
English
Description
While writing for straight, linear media like films or novels requires certain skills, writing for interactive media such as games or digital stories requires a WHOLE NEW set of skills. Writers need to contend with overlapping stories, different conclusions based on different actions taken by the customer or player. It's challenging to create compelling digital storylines - and writers need help. Write Your Own Way into Animation and Games offers...
Author
Pub. Date
©2007
Language
English
Description
Writing for Animation, Comics, and Games explains the practical aspects of creating scripts for animation, comics, graphic novels, and computer games. It details how you can create scripts that are in the right industry format, and follow the expected rules for you to put your best foot forward to help you break-in to the trade. This book explains approaches to writing for exterior storytelling (animation, games); interior/exterior storytelling (comics...
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Language
English
Description
Animation is a limitless medium for telling stories. Artists can create worlds, defy gravity, flip from factual to fantasy, and transport audiences to places they never imagined. The challenge is having the discipline to reel it in and be intentional about your storytelling choices. This book shows you how. In Animated Storytelling, learn how to create memorable stories using animation and motion graphics by following 10 simple guidelines that take...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Successful storyboards and poignant characters have the power to make elusive thoughts and emotions tangible for audiences. Packed with illustrations that illuminate and a text that entertains and informs, Prepare to Board, 2nd edition presents the methods and techniques of animation master, Nancy Beiman, with a focus on pre-production, story development and character design. As one of the only storyboard titles on the market that explores the intersection...
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Language
English
Description
To make great animation, you need to know how to control a whole world: how to make a character, how to make that character live and be happy or sad. You need to create four walls around them, a landscape, the sun and moon - a whole life for them. You have to get inside that puppet and first make it live, then make it perform. Susannah Shaw provides the first truly practical introduction to the craft skills of model animation. This is a vital book...
19) Animator's Eye
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
First published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor and Francis, an informa company.
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
While comedy writers are responsible for creating clever scripts, comedic animators have a much more complicated problem to solve: What makes a physical character funny? "Comedy for Animators" breaks down the answer by exploring the techniques of those who have used their bodies to make others laugh. Drawing from traditions such as commedia dell arte, pantomime, Vaudeville, the circus, and silent and modern film, animators will learn not only to create...
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