Nancy Beiman

Animated Performance (eBook, PDF)

Bringing Imaginary Animal, Human and Fantasy Characters to Life

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Animated Performance shows how a character can seemingly 'come to life' when their movements reflect the emotional or narrative context of their situation: when they start to 'perform'.

The many tips, examples and exercises from a veteran of the animation industry will help readers harness the flexibility of animation to portray a limitless variety of characters and ensure that no two performances are ever alike. More than 300 color illustrations demonstrate how animal and fantasy characters can live and move without losing their non-human qualities and interviews with Disney animators Art Babbitt, Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston and Ellen Woodbury make this a unique insight into bringing a whole world of characters to life.

New to the second edition: A new chapter with introductory exercises to introduce beginner animators to the the world of animated acting; dozens of new assignments and examples focusing on designing and animating fantasy and animal characters.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472596413
• Artikelnr.: 46759964

Autorenporträt

Nancy Beiman is a professor at Sheridan College in Oakville, Canada. She has produced, directed, designed, storyboarded and animated for television commercials, specials, features, and new media projects. Her employers have included The Walt Disney Company, Warner Brothers Animation and Bill Melendez Productions.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Lynn Johnston Preface: Driving the Jet Plane Chapter 1:
Animation's Basic Movements: The Bouncing Ball and the Pendulum Outer
Space: Defining and Distorting Volumes Inner Space: Defining and Distorting
Time A Brief History of Time Acting: The Beginning The Line of Action and
the Arc Chapter 2: Designs That Animate 'Look Ma, No Hands!' Animating
Snakes, Worms, and Other Crawlers An Introduction to Thumbnails Good
Actors: Designs That Animate Chapter 3: Setting the Stage: Character and
Story Context Don't Just Do Something... Every Move You Make: Analyzing the
Character Character Volume, Size and Movement Chapter 4: Is Sex Necessary?
Masculine and Feminine Character Acting The Ages of Man (And Woman) An
Introduction to Dialogue Animation Chapter 5: Animal Actors Four Legs Good,
Two Legs Better? Creating Animal Characters Flights of Information:
Animating Winged Characters Portraying Animal Qualities in Human Characters
Chapter 6: Fantastic Performance! Natural Inspirations for the Supernatural
Floating Worlds: The Weightless Actor Chapter 7: The Performer as Object
Moving the Furniture: Bringing Inanimate Objects to Life Material Girl:
Fabric and Cloth Characters Chapter 8: Double Timing: Animating Character
Interactions Staging and Composition Changing Leads in Multiple-Character
Scenes Jazz Hands: Acting Out Your Scenes without Using Your Body Potemkin
Villages: Crowd Scenes and How to Fake Them Chapter 9: Character
Development Over Time Character and Story Arcs Inspiration and Reference
Index Acknowledgements