Set the Action! Creating Backgrounds for Compelling Storytelling in Animation, Comics, and Games

Index

A

action

blocking, 62–72, 63f, 64f, 65f, 66f, 67f, 69f, 70f, 71f, 72f

laying out. see layout(s), action

“Action Santa”, 124f, 125, 126f, 127f, 128f, 185, 192–194, 214–217

act structure, of storytelling, 41–42

Adams, Arthur, 174

“American” shot, 67–68. see also shot(s)

angle, in establishing mood, 148, 149, 149f

animation

background comps in, 53

production times and, 185

animation model sheet, 125–126 Arkham games, 172

art

of environments, 171–175

history, 163

Art Deco, 173, 173f. see also style(s)

artist, morgue files and, 175–181, 176f, 177f, 178f, 179f, 180f

Art Nouveau, 173–174, 173f. see also style(s)

Assassins Creed, 96

audience perspective

in iconography, 125

B

backgrounds

as characters, 129–136, 130f, 132f, 133f

action-centric ...