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, you will learn about developing a story, making models, creating set and props, the mechanics of movement, filming, postproduction and how to set about finding that elusive first job in a modern studio.
Susannah Shaw is Programme Development Manager for the Animated Exeter festival. She was head of the Bristol Animation Course from 1996 to 2000 at the University of the West of England and former camera assistant at Aardman (working on 'A Close Shave' among other films).
Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- dedication
- Title Page
- Copyright
- contents
- acknowledgements
- 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 – the voice track
- chapter 9 the mechanics of movement
- chapter 10 animation masterclass – Teresa Drilling
- chapter 11 the performance
- chapter 12 the production process
- chapter 13 post- production
- chapter 14 getting the job – the business of animation
- bibliography
- appendix 1 software and recording equipment suppliers
- appendix 2 manufacturers and outlets
- appendix 3 calendar of animation festivals and film festivals incorporating animation
- appendix 4 animation courses that include or specialize in stop motion, and related organizations and websites
- index
Product information
- Title: Stop Motion: Craft Skills for Model Animation, 2nd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2012
- Publisher(s): Focal Press
- ISBN: 9781136141331
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