Animated performance: Bringing imaginary animal, human and fantasy characters to life. Required reading range module reader
Title
Animated performance: Bringing imaginary animal, human and fantasy characters to life. Required reading range module reader
Subject
films; animation; interviews; Art Babbitt; Wolfgang Reitherman; Ellen Woodbury
Description
Beautifully presented book designed to support degree courses - includes examples from students and professionals, with clear diagrams and inspiring imagery. Includes interviews with Disney animators Art Babbitt, Wolfgang Reitherman and Ellen Woodbury.
Contents: Foreword by Lynn Johnston. Preface: We're not in live action any more. Design for living: An introduction to thumbnails; Good actors: Designs that animate; An introduction to dialogue animation. Setting the stage: Character and story context: Don't just do something...; Within you, without you: Analysing the character; Character volume, size and movement. Is sex necessary?: Masculine and feminine character acting; The ages of man (and woman). Animal actors: Four legs good, two legs better? Creating animal characters; Flights of information: Animating winged characters; Portraying animal qualities in human characters; 'Look Ma, no hands!' Animating snakes, worms, and other crawlers. Fantastic performance!: Natural inspirations for the supernatural; Dual natures: Human/animal combinations; Floating worlds: The weightless actor. The performer as object: Moving the furniture: Bringing inanimate objects to life; Material girl: Fabric and cloth characters. Double timing: Animating character interactions: Staging and composition; Changing leads in multiple-character scenes; Potemkin villages: Crowd scenes and how to fake them. Character development over time: Character and story arcs. Inspiration and reference.
Contents: Foreword by Lynn Johnston. Preface: We're not in live action any more. Design for living: An introduction to thumbnails; Good actors: Designs that animate; An introduction to dialogue animation. Setting the stage: Character and story context: Don't just do something...; Within you, without you: Analysing the character; Character volume, size and movement. Is sex necessary?: Masculine and feminine character acting; The ages of man (and woman). Animal actors: Four legs good, two legs better? Creating animal characters; Flights of information: Animating winged characters; Portraying animal qualities in human characters; 'Look Ma, no hands!' Animating snakes, worms, and other crawlers. Fantastic performance!: Natural inspirations for the supernatural; Dual natures: Human/animal combinations; Floating worlds: The weightless actor. The performer as object: Moving the furniture: Bringing inanimate objects to life; Material girl: Fabric and cloth characters. Double timing: Animating character interactions: Staging and composition; Changing leads in multiple-character scenes; Potemkin villages: Crowd scenes and how to fake them. Character development over time: Character and story arcs. Inspiration and reference.
Creator
Beiman, Nancy
Publisher
Lausanne: AVA Publishing, 2010
Identifier
LIB00088
LIB00089
LIB00089
ISBN
9782940373819
Library Location
Gallery cupboard (2 copies)
Files
Collection
Citation
Beiman, Nancy, “Animated performance: Bringing imaginary animal, human and fantasy characters to life. Required reading range module reader,” Curzon Cinema Collection, accessed April 28, 2024, https://curzoncollection.omeka.net/items/show/1822.