Book description
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.
Illustrated in full colour throughout you are shown step by step how to create successful model animation. Starting with some basic exercises, readers will learn about developing a story, making models, creating sets and props, the mechanics of movement, filming, post production and how to set about finding that elusive first job in a modern studio.
Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Focal Press Visual Effects and Animation
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- acknowledgements
- elements of an animation shoot
- chapter 1 introduction – playing God
- chapter 2 getting equipped
- chapter 3 getting animated
- chapter 4 keep it simple – developing your story
- chapter 5 coat hangers for armatures – making your own model
- chapter 6 model makers – the professionals
- chapter 7 four walls and a sky – sets and props
- chapter 8 sound advice
- chapter 9 the mechanics of movement
- chapter 10 the performance
- chapter 11 filming
- chapter 12 post production
- chapter 13 getting the job – the business of animation
- bibliography
- appendix 1
- appendix 2
- appendix 3
- appendix 4
- index
Product information
- Title: Stop Motion: Craft Skills for Model Animation
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2012
- Publisher(s): Focal Press
- ISBN: 9781136135095
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