Stop motion craft skills for model animation /
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...
| Main Author: | Shaw, Susannah. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Burlington, Mass. :
Focal Press,
2013.
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| Physical Description: |
viii, 254 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. |
| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Summary: |
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 in the development of model animation which, following the success of Aardman's first full-length film, Chicken Run, is now at the forefront of modern animation. |
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| Item Description: |
Previous ed.: London: Elsevier, 2004. Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-214) and index. 1. Introduction : playing God -- 2. Getting equipped -- 3. Getting animated -- 4. Keep it simple - developing your story -- 5. Coat-hangers for armatures : making your own model -- 6. Model makers : the professionals -- 7. Four walls and a sky : sets and props -- 8. Sound advice - the voice track -- 9. The mechanics of movement -- 10. Animation masterclass : Teresa Drilling -- 11. The performance -- 12. The production process -- 13. Post-production -- 14. Getting the job : the business of animation -- Bibliography -- Appendix 1. Software and recording equipment suppliers -- Appendix 2. Manufacturers and outlets -- Appendix 3. Calendar of animation festivals and film festivals incorproating animation -- Appendix 4. Animation course that include or specialize in stop motion, and related organizations and websites -- Index. 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 in the development of model animation which, following the success of Aardman's first full-length film, Chicken Run, is now at the forefront of modern animation. |
| Physical Description: |
viii, 254 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-214) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780240520551 0240520556 |