Ideas for the Animated Short, 2nd Edition

Index

A

Abyss, The 204–205

acting/actors 51–75

avoiding clichés 57

building a character 52–58, 72

exploring physicality 60–63, 72

exploring scene work 65–68, 72

generating emotion 55–56, 72

and improvisation 67–68

acting is truth 52, 72

actions 87–88

driving of by emotion 24–25

adrenaline moment 21

Altieri, Kathy 51, 104–105

anger 56, 60–61

animatic 191–192

animation storyboards 160–161

Animator and the Seat, The 78–79, 80, 88, 91, 92, 97, 142, 146, 147

anticipation 185

appeal 76–77

arc 2, 185 see also character arcs

archetypes 5 see also character archetypes

Aristotle 2

aspect ratio 198–199

audience 107, 113

B

back story 77

Bancroft, Tom 100–101

basic premise 48

basic story 106

beat sheet 164

beginnings 109–110

Besen, Ellen 230

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