Ideas for the animated short : finding and building stories / Karen Sullivan. [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sullivan, Karen, author.

Alexander, Kate, author.

Besen, Ellen, author.

Mintz, Aubry, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animation (Cinematography).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (531 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2023.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Follow from start to finish the creation of an animated short from the pre-production thought process to story development and character design. Explore the best practices and avoid the common pitfalls of creating two to five minute shorts. Watch a specially created animated short, demonstrating the core techniques and principles at the companion website! Packed with illustrated examples of idea generation, character and story development, acting, dialogue and storyboarding practice this is your conceptual toolkit proven to meet the challenges of this unique art form. The companion website

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword: John Tarnoff, Former Head of Show Development, DreamWorks Animation; Preface: Karen Sullivan; Acknowledgments; Bee Sting by Demetri Martin; Chapter 1: Story Background and Theory; Making the Animated Short: An Interview with Andrew Jimenez, Pixar Animation Studios; Chapter 2: Finding Ideas; The Ideas Behind Technological Threat: An Interview with Bill and Sue Kroyer; The Ideas Behind Moongirl: An Interview with Mike Cachuela; Chapter 3: Acting: Exploring the Human Condition

The Importance of Play: An Interview with Jack Canfora, PlaywrightChapter 4: Building Character and Location; Visual Design: Interviews with Kendal Cronkhite and Kathy Altieri, DreamWorks Feature Animation; Personality, Goals, Shapes and Variance in Character Design: Tom Bancroft, Funnypages Productions, LLC; Chapter 5: Building Story; Making It Visual: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore. An Interview with Brandon Oldenburg and Adam Volker, Moonbot Studios (excerpt); Chapter 6: Off the Rails: An Introduction to Nonlinear Storytelling

Nonlinear on the Edge: An Interview with Deanna MorseChapter 7: The Purpose of Dialogue; The ABCCCs of Voice and Dialects for Animators: Ginny Kopf; Creating Music to Support Narrative: An Interview with Perry La Marca; Chapter 8: Storyboarding; Storyboarding: An Interview with Nathan Greno, Walt Disney Feature Animation; Chapter 9: Staging; On Staging: An Interview and Shot Analysis with Steve Hickner, DreamWorks Animation Studios; Chapter 10: Developing a Short Animated Film with Aubry Mintz; Pitching Stories: Sande Scoredos, Sony Pictures Imageworks; Appendix: What's on the Web; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781136141973

1136141979

9780240818825

0240818822

9781299386488

1299386482

9781136141980

1136141987

OCLC:

833766989