The Animator's Eye

Adding Life to Animation with Timing, Layout, Design, Color and Sound
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-40315-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 302 Seiten, Format (B × H): 276 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

First published in 2011. Enhance your animated features and shorts with this polished guide to channeling your vision and imagination from a former Disney animator and director. Learn how to become a strong visual storyteller through better use of color, volume, shape, shadow, and light - as well as discover how to tap into your imagination and refine your own personal vision. Francis Glebas, the director of Piglet's Big Day, guides you through the animation design process in a way that only years of expertise can provide. Discover how to create unique worlds and compelling characters as well as the difference between real-world and cartoon physics as Francis breaks down animated scenes to show you how and why to layout your animation.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Glebas, Francis

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Professionelle Anwendung Digitales Video
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Professionelle Anwendung Digitale Animation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

On the DVD, Preface, Acknowledgements, 1. My Introduction, 2. Mad Science or Magic?, 3. That Reminds Me of a Story, 4. Secrets of Drawing, 5. The Laws of Animation, 6. It’s Alive! Animating Inner Life, 7. Creating Worlds, 8. Postproduction, 9. Genesis of Idea, 10. The Production, 11. The Evolution of Iggy and Scared Bunny, 12. The Animator’s Eye, Appendix, Bibliography, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Francis Glebas worked as a story artist for Disney Feature Animation on Aladdin, Lion King, Pocahontas, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Dinosaur, Treasure Planet and Hercules. He also directed Pomp and Circumstance starring Donald Duck in Fantasia 2000 and Piglet's BIG Movie. Francis is also an award-winning independent live action movie maker with almost 40 years' experience. He currently teaches storyboarding at Gnomon School of Visual Effects. Francis also works as a creative consultant, having worked with the Irish Government, Korean Government, General Motors, Los Alamos Labs, Walt Disney Imagineering and other film studios.