Karen Sullivan is faculty at Ringling College of Art and Design, teaches courses in history, concept development, and preproduction practices for animation. She has lectured internationally on story development for the animated short, written articles and guest-edited SIGGRAPH issues on concept development for animation. Gary Schumer, faculty at Ringling College of Art and Design, teaches courses in traditional animation, storyboarding and concept development for animation. He worked for Walt Disney Feature Animation from 1996-2004, as Effects Animator, Assistant Animator, Manager of Training and Training Coordinator. He also worked on Brother Bear, Mulan, Tarzan, and Lilo & Stitch.
Chapter 1 Story Background and Theory
Chapter 2 Finding Ideas
Chapter 3 Acting
Chapter 4 Building Character and Location
Chapter 5 Building Story
Chapter 6 Off the Rails
Chapter 7 The Purpose of Dialogue
Chapter 8 Storyboarding
Chapter 9 Staging
Chapter 10 Developing a Short Animated Film with Aubry Mintz
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