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Digital Character Animation 3
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Digital Character Animation 3

by George Maestri
April 2006
Intermediate to advanced
320 pages
7h 10m
English
New Riders
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Index

Numbers

2D drawings, problem with, 18

3D clay sculptures, working with, 20

3D objects, photographing for modeling, 21

A

acceleration, definition of, 106

acting and story

audience for, 246247

characters in, 247248

overview of, 245

tools for, 246

acting and the body

chakras, 261262

hands, 260

heads, 258259

shoulders, 259

spine, 260261

acting technique

affective memory, 264

animal exercises, 263264

cause and effect, 252

character status, 256257

clarity of characters, 254255

creating empathy, 249250

creating inspiration, 250

creating movement, 251

“givens”, 257

moment before, 256

object of attention, 253254

sense memory, 263

simplicity applied to clarity, 255

acting versus animating, 244

action, creating strong line of, 148149

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