Animation from pencils to pixels : classical techniques for digital animators / Tony White.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

White, Tony, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animation (Cinematography).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (519 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2023.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Just add talent!Award-winning animator Tony White brings you the ultimate book for digital animation. Here you will find the classic knowledge of many legendary techniques revealed, paired with information relevant to today's capable, state-of-the-art technologies.White leaves nothing out. What contemporary digital animators most need to know can be found between this book's covers - from conceptions to creation and through the many stages of the production pipeline to distribution. This book is intended to serve as your one-sto

Contents:

Cover; ANIMATION FROM PENCILS TO PIXELS: CLASSICAL TECHNIQUES FOR DIGITAL ANIMATORS; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; 1 Development; Idea Creation; Intellectual Property and Copyrights; Purchasing or Optioning the Rights; Public Domain Material; Protecting Your Own Ideas; Proof of Ownership; Confidentiality Agreements; Works Created for Your Employer; "Endangered Species"; Evolving a Storyline; The Hero's Journey: Story Structure; Summarizing the Storyline; "Endangered Species"; Scriptwriting; "Endangered Species"; 2 Character Design

The Evolution of 2D Character DesignThe Evolution of 3D Character Design; Animation Style; Guidelines for Character Design; Shape and Proportion; Head Heights; Model Sheets; Color Models; Foreground/Background Compatibility; "Endangered Species"; Concept and Environment Design; "Endangered Species"; 3 Project Financing; Animation Markets; Movies; Television; Television Series and Specials; Television Advertising; Games; The Web; Direct-to-Markets; "Endangered Species"; Scheduling and Budgeting; Figuring the Cash Flow; Contingency Planning; Investment, Marketing, and Distribution Possibilities

Pre-Sale Distribution Outlets"Endangered Species"; The Realities of Securing Production Finance; Advice on Sales Agents; Legal Advice; Presentation Packages; Logline; Storyline Synopsis; First-Draft Script; Key Character Designs and Concept Art; Sample Sequence Storyboard; Animated Taster; Development Budget; Evidence of Ownership of Rights and Intellectual Property; Key Personnel; Project Web site; Presentation of the Presentation Package; Short and Independent Film Developing; Presentation Packages; Story Synopsis; Series Bible, First-Draft Script, or "Game Plan"

Key Character Designs and Concept ArtA Sample Sequence Storyboard; Animated "Taster" or Filmmaker's Showreel; Project Budget and Schedule; Evidence of Ownership of Rights and Intellectual Property; Key Personnel; "Endangered Species"; 4 Rules of Filmmaking; Camera Positions; Ultra-Wide Shot; Wide Shot; Mid Shot; Close-Up; Extreme Close-Up; Combining Camera Positions in a Scene; Camera Lenses; Standard Lens (50-100mm Focal Length); Wide-Angle Lens (20-35mm); Long Lens (85-600mm); Zoom Lens (28-80mm; 18-35mm; 70-300mm); Fisheye Lens (6-16mm); Lighting and Filters; Camera Moves

Fixed (Locked Down) ShotTracking (Panning) Shot; Zoom Shot; Dolly (Crane) Shot; Staging; The Rule of the Line; Shooting Down the Line; Getting Around the Line; The Cut-Away Shot; Moving the Camera; Moving the Actors; Two Shot, Profile; Two Shot, Three-Quarter; One Shot, Three-Quarter Front; One Shot, Three-Quarter Front Close-Up; Eyeline; Three or More Character Shots; "Endangered Species"; Scene-to-Scene Transitions; The Cut; The Dissolve; The Fade; The Wipe; The Ripple and Other Special Effects Dissolves; "Endangered Species"; Screen Aspect Ratios; "Endangered Species"

5 Soundtrack Recording and Editing

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786611050788

9781138403352

1138403350

9781136144226

1136144226

9781281050786

1281050784

9780080475851

008047585X

OCLC:

476056197