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Storytelling Through Animation (Charles River Media Graphics (Paperback))
Great animation starts with a good story. The entertainment industry is bursting with films and games that immerse viewers and players into a great story. Storytelling through Animation teaches the principles, real-world techniques, tricks, tips, and creative and visual fundamentals that are key to great animated storytelling. The book guides animators,
filmmakers, and game creators through every step of the production process, and teaches them how to infuse their story, and develop emotional connections in every decision they make. It provides techniques, systems, and checks and balances that can make projects smoother and storytelling better at any level or budget. The book explores visual theory and motion, animation techniques, and their live-action counterparts. It dissects character animation, composition, production, lighting, rendering, editing, and compositing to cover the concepts and techniques crucial for animation. As readers work through the book, they'll create their own short animated story to help them truly learn the theory, techniques, and tools covered.
Contents:
Chapter 1: Emotions in Motion
- Chapter 2: Theories and Fundamentals - A Refresher Couldn't Hurt
- Chapter 3: Fifty Percent Science, Fifty Percent Art
- Chapter 4: Visual Storytelling and Directing
- Chapter 5: Breaking Down the Story
- Chapter 6: Boards, Drawings, Scratch Tracks, Model Sheets, and Maquettes
- Chapter 7: Animatics
- Chapter 8: Directing and Animation Directing
- Chapter 9: Pre-Production
- Chapter 10: Lighting
- Chapter 11: Animation
- Chapter 12: Character Design and Production Design
- Chapter 13: Post Production and Final Editing
- Chapter 14: Working in a Production with One or One Thousand
- Chapter 15: Interviews with Industry Professionals
- Appendix A: About the DVD
- Index
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