Layout and Composition for Animation

Index

2-D animation

camera principles, 121

compositing, 148

field guide numbering, 118

hot glow effect, 134

path of action, 106–107

and scale, 91

simulated multiplane, 150–155

3-D animation

parallaxing, 141

and scale, 91

A

action, path of, 106–111

blue sketch, 110–111

clearing obstructions, 106–107

drawing shapes out of the box, 108

flat planes, 109

script breakdown, 16–17

air around character, 16, 103

anger, conveying, 17

angle shots

panning from a down shot to an up shot, 86–87

types of, 104–105

animation industry, 2–3

arrows, camera movement, 120–121

Art Director, 20

Atlantis: The Lost Empire movie 3-D model for, 50

character maquettes for, 48–49

Ghertner’s gallery, 92–93, 180–181

Whitmore’s study with aquarium window, 34–37