Animation in Context

Animation in Context
Author: Mark Collington
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2017-02-09
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1350033898
GET BOOK

Download Animation in Context Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Animation in Context is an illustrated introduction to cultural theory, contextual research and critical analysis. By making academic language more accessible, it empowers animators with the confidence and enthusiasm to engage with theory as a fun, integral, and applied part of the creative process. Interviews with contemporary industry professionals and academics, student case studies and a range of practical research exercises, combine to encourage a more versatile approach to animation practice – from creating storyboards to set designs and soundtracks; as well as developing virals, 3D zoetropes and projection mapping visuals. Mark Collington focuses on a core selection of theoretical approaches that shape animation narrative, supported by a broader set of shared theoretical principles from the worlds of art, design, film and media studies. This discussion is underpinned by cross-disciplinary thinking on a range of topics including genre, humour, montage and propaganda. These are applied to the analysis of a range of animated films and projects from Disney and Animé, to independent artist-filmmakers such as Wendy Tilby, Amanda Forbis and Jerzy Kucia. These ideas are also applied to other uses of animation such as advertising, sitcom, gaming and animated documentary.

Understanding Animation

Understanding Animation
Author: Paul Wells
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2013-11-15
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1136158731
GET BOOK

Download Understanding Animation Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

First Published in 1998. Understanding Animation is a comprehensive introduction to animated film, from cartoons to computer animation. Paul Wells' insightful account of a critically neglected but increasingly popular medium: * explains the defining characteristics of animation as a cinematic form * outlines different models and methods which can be used to interpret and evaluate animated films * traces the development of animated film around the world, from Betty Boop to Wallace and Gromit. Part history, part theory, and part celebration, Understanding Animation includes: * notes towards a theory of animation * an explanation of animation's narrative strategies * an analyis of how comic events are constructed * a discussion of representation, focusing on gender and race * primary research on animation and audiences. Paul Wells' argument is illustrated with case studies, including Daffy Duck in Chuck Jones' Duck Amuck, Jan Svankmajer's Jabberwocky, Tex Avery's Little Rural Riding Hood and King Size Canary ', and Nick Park's Creature Comforts. Understanding Animation demonstrates that the animated film has much to tell us about ourselves, the cultures we live in, and our view of art and society.

The Fundamentals of Animation

The Fundamentals of Animation
Author: Paul Wells
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2016-08-11
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 147257527X
GET BOOK

Download The Fundamentals of Animation Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Packed with examples from classic and contemporary films, The Fundamentals of Animation presents each stage of the animation production process in an engaging visual style, whilst providing an historical and critical context for four core disciplines: drawn/cel; 2D/3D stop-motion; computer generated; and experimental animation. With insightful commentary from leading animators, Wells and Moore also introduce you to the many different career paths open to aspiring animators, from storyboard artist or character designer to VFX artist or writer and director. They also provide you with key tips on producing engaging portfolios and show reels. - Illustrated with over 300 images, including preliminary sketches, frame-by-frame analyses and shots of animators at work. - Now explores the animated documentary genre and the role of visual effects and gaming in contemporary animation. - Features more than 20 interviews with a range of international practitioners including Pete Docter, Director, Monsters, Inc. (2001), Up (2009) and Inside Out (2015). Featured Artists Sarah Cox, ArthurCox Lluis Danti, Media Molecule Pete Docter, Pixar Paul Driessen Eric Fogel Cathal Gaffney, Brown Bag Films Adam Goddard Philip Hunt, STUDIO AKA The Brothers McLeod Bill Plympton Ellen Poon, Industrial Light and Magic Barry Purves Joanna Quinn Chris Randall, Second Home Studios Maureen Selwood Koji Yamamura

Designing Interface Animation

Designing Interface Animation
Author: Val Head
Publisher: Rosenfeld Media
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2016-07-26
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1933820160
GET BOOK

Download Designing Interface Animation Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Effective interface animation deftly combines form and function to improve feedback, aid in orientation, direct attention, show causality, and express your brand’s personality. Designing Interface Animation shows you how to create web animation that balances purpose and style while blending seamlessly into the user’s experience. This book is a crash course in motion design theory and practice for web designers, UX professionals, and front-end developers alike.

A New History of Animation

A New History of Animation
Author: Maureen Furniss
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780500292099
GET BOOK

Download A New History of Animation Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

A brand-new, comprehensive history of world animation

Animating Film Theory

Animating Film Theory
Author: Karen Redrobe
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2014-03-21
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0822376814
GET BOOK

Download Animating Film Theory Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Animating Film Theory provides an enriched understanding of the relationship between two of the most unwieldy and unstable organizing concepts in cinema and media studies: animation and film theory. For the most part, animation has been excluded from the purview of film theory. The contributors to this collection consider the reasons for this marginalization while also bringing attention to key historical contributions across a wide range of animation practices, geographic and linguistic terrains, and historical periods. They delve deep into questions of how animation might best be understood, as well as how it relates to concepts such as the still, the moving image, the frame, animism, and utopia. The contributors take on the kinds of theoretical questions that have remained underexplored because, as Karen Beckman argues, scholars of cinema and media studies have allowed themselves to be constrained by too narrow a sense of what cinema is. This collection reanimates and expands film studies by taking the concept of animation seriously. Contributors. Karen Beckman, Suzanne Buchan, Scott Bukatman, Alan Cholodenko, Yuriko Furuhata, Alexander R. Galloway, Oliver Gaycken, Bishnupriya Ghosh, Tom Gunning, Andrew R. Johnston, Hervé Joubert-Laurencin, Gertrud Koch, Thomas LaMarre, Christopher P. Lehman, Esther Leslie, John MacKay, Mihaela Mihailova, Marc Steinberg, Tess Takahashi

Suspended Animation

Suspended Animation
Author: Nathalie Op de Beeck
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2010
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780816665747
GET BOOK

Download Suspended Animation Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

An innovative analysis of children's picture books from the interwar period in America.

Animators Unearthed

Animators Unearthed
Author: Chris Robinson
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2010-06-03
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0826429564
GET BOOK

Download Animators Unearthed Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Animation

Animation
Author: Andrew Selby
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2013-05-06
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1780674937
GET BOOK

Download Animation Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

From scriptwriting through to production, this introduction to animation for students surveys key technical processes and examines a variety of stylistic approaches. The book includes visual examples from key animators and illustrated features on how to create exciting animation for a variety of audiences. It begins with history and context, and quickly moves on to more practical aspects of the craft. Box features outline practical information and visual examples of different animators’ work and working processes teach how to create exciting animation for any audience. A final chapter on job roles shows how students can get on in animation. This book is a vital resource for anyone who intends to make animation a part of their career.