The Encyclopedia of Animation Techniques

by RichardTaylor (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1996

  $3.25

  This is a guide to the techniques of animation, aimed at the amateur, and to people already working in a production studio or those just keen to expand their knowledge. It covers three types of animation - drawn, modelled and computer generated. It gives a comprehensive, behind the scenes view of creating animated film, from treatments, scripts and storyboarding to filming and marketing. Through a mix of step-by-step photography and artwork commissioned by top animators, and from traditional pen and ink animation to claymation and computer generated, the techniques and advice cover areas such as suitable tools and equipment, characterization, movement, lighting, voices, music and planning layouts and backgrounds. This work includes a gallery of finished works by established animators as an inspiration and to demonstrate how professionals have used techniques to achieve a variety of effects. A supplementary section on preproduction systems, budgeting and how to launch yourself as a professional, aim to provide a guide to setting a career in motion.

• Used

  Paperback
  1999

  $3.25

  Whether you're planning to rig up a camera in a back room or you're already working in a production studio, if you're eager to expand your knowledge, this book will guide you through the key techniques of animation you will need to get ahead. This is a lavishly illustrated, step-by-step guide to drawn, model and computer generated animation that will prove inspirational to a wide audience. It offers professional guidance on all aspects of animation - from conceptualisation and script treatments to cut-out animation and puppet-making. It is the winner of the 1997 Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards Prize for the best book on the Moving Image. The Judges called it a masterpiece of professional guidance. It employs all the visual techniques of its subject matter to excite as well as to educate. With superb clarity of presentation, it cannot fail to inspire as well as inform animators of the future. You can benefit from a professional overview of 2D, 3D and computer generated animation, and from an insirational gallery of more than 100 finished works from the world's leading animators.