Ideas for the Animated Short with DVD: Finding and Building Stories
- ISBN13: 9780240808604
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Build your skills in the development of story ideas that will command an audience for your 2-5 minute animated short.
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 DVD includes in-depth interviews with industry insiders, 18 short animations (many with accompanying animatics, character designs and environment designs) and an acting workshop to get your animated short off to a flying start!
With Ideas for the Animated Short you’ll learn about: Story Background and Theory * Building Better Content * Acting: Ex… More >>
Ideas for the Animated Short with DVD: Finding and Building Stories
Very good service, compared to the delivery date book, there was no inconvenience. It is also a very interesting book for the development of ideas for your good content and graphics samples
Rating: 4 / 5
My husband is an artist animator for EA Games and he loves this book as a reference to help him in the games that he is currently working on. This game was a great help for his soon to be released Nurf N Strike!
Rating: 5 / 5
It’s not a “how to” book, but really helps you understand alot of things to make you come with a new idea
Rating: 5 / 5
FANTASTIC book! With a great overview of all the various aspects of animation production, ‘Ideas’ provides in-depth information in the areas most critical to crafting a compelling short film. Definitely not the only book you’re going to need if you’re new to the area of story and visual development for entertainment but if there was only one book that I could recommend to you (to start with), this would be it!
Also worth noting is the DVD that comes with the book — a GREAT resource and chock-full of short films and other reference which you will find as a great help to getting the ball rolling!
Rating: 5 / 5
This is a terrific animation book, enhanced by a DVD full of 3D shorts (both studio- and student-made) with the bonus inclusion of live-action acting classes. It’s good to see a work that focuses specifically on the 2-5 minute animations that are the realistic goal of most independent animators. But what makes this book an outstanding choice is the concise and thoughtful manner in which it presents all the fundamental principles of filmmaking, storytelling, character creation, and acting. Highly recommended, and an incredible bargain. This is an entire shelf of good books rolled up into one, and should be in the library of anyone interested in making short films, whether animated or live action. Kudos to the writers!
Rating: 5 / 5