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With the development and accessibility of animation tools and techniques, filmmakers are blurring the boundaries between documentary filmmaking and animation. The intimacy, imperfection and charm of the animated form is providing live-action and animation directors with unique ways to tell stories, humanize events and convey information not easily adapted for live-action media. Animated Realism presents animation techniques as they apply to the documentary genre with an inspirational behind-the-scenes look at award-winning animated documentaries. Animators and documentary filmmakers alike will learn how to develop a visual style with animation, translate a graphic novel into a documentary and use 3D animation as a storytelling tool, all in the context of creating animated documentaries. With insight and inspiration, Animated Realism includes interviews from industry luminaries like John Canemaker, Oscar Winning Director of The Moon and the Son, Yoni Goodman, Animation Director of Oscar Nominated Waltz with Bashir and Chris Landreth, Oscan Winning creator of Ryan. Packed with beautiful, instructive illustrations and previously unpublished material (including storyboards, photos and hand-drawn sketches) and interspersed with interviews - this is an exceptional source of inspiration and knowledge for animators, students and fans alike. With a companion website featuring animated shorts from leading animated documentaries, animators, students and documentary filmmakers will be able to analyze and apply Oscar-winning animation techniques to their own films.

\"The Art of Marvel Studios' What If...? takes fans behind the scenes of Marvel Studios' first animated series...Through interviews with the animators, designers, producers, and writers of the series, readers will discover everything that goes into translating their favorite heroes and villains from live action to animation and how exciting new possibilities can open up if you only ask \"What if...?\"\"--adapted from dust jacket.

Be a fly on the wall as industry leaders Bill Kroyer and Tom Sito take us through insightful face-to-face interviews, revealing, in these two volumes, the journeys of 23 world-class directors as they candidly share their experiences and personal views on the process of making feature animated films. The interviews were produced and edited by Ron Diamond.Your job is not to be the one with the answers. You should be the one that gets the answers. That's your job. You need to make friends and get to know your crew. These folks are your talent, your bag of tricks. And that's where you're going to find answers to the big problems - Andrew StantonIt's hard. Yet the pain you go through to get what you need for your film enriches you, and it enriches the film. - Brenda ChapmanFrank and Ollie always used to say that great character animation contains movement that is generated by the character's thought process. It can't be plain movement. - John LasseterThe beauty of clay is that it doesn't have to be too polished, or too smooth and sophisticated. You don't want it to be mechanical and lifeless. - Nick ParkThe good thing about animation is that tape is very cheap. Let the actor try things. This is where animation gets to play with spontaneity. You want to capture that line as it has never been said before. And, most likely, if you asked the actor to do it again, he or she just can't repeat that exact performance. But you got it. - Ron Clements

Behind each shot there lies an idea or purpose. When setting up a shot, the camera operator can employ a range of visual techniques that will clearly communicate the idea to an audience. Composition is the bedrock of the operator's craft, yet is seldom taught in training courses in the belief that it is an intuitive, personal skill. Peter Ward shows how composition can be learned, to enhance the quality of your work. Based on the author's own practical experience, the book deals with the methods available for resolving practical production questions such as: Does the shot composition accurately reflect the idea that initiated the shot? Will the content and method of presenting the subject accurately convey the idea? Major innovations in television and film production since the previous edition have affected the styles of composition, such as wide-screen and the use of mini DV cameras. These new technologies and their implications for picture composition are addressed in this new edition. A new colour plate section is also being included to update the section on colour. If you are a practising camera operator, trainee camera operator, student or lecturer on a television or film production course, or simply a video enthusiast wishing to progress to a more professional standard you will find this book essential in enhancing the quality of your work.

Las técnicas de realización de obras audiovisuales han evolucionado de forma paralela a los avances tecnológicos. Desde sus inicios en el cine, esta evolución ha supuesto, tanto para el realizador como para su público, la incorporación del guión y del montaje, la creación de dramáticos, la aparición y desarrollo de la televisión, la grabación y reproducción de la noticia, la incorporación de la grabación multicámara, el directo, la revolución digital, la preponderancia de la postproducción y de los efectos especiales, entre otros acontecimientos. En la actualidad, el realizador audiovisual mantiene su parcela de autoría, como siempre, pero es en su capacidad de adaptación a una serie de variables combinables donde muestra su principal impulso creativo. La narración con imágenes y sonidos y otros elementos, como los tipos de formatos, las características de emisión, los géneros empleados, el target de audiencias, la tipología de exhibición de salas, los presupuestos, los equipos, la especificidad de la postproducción y un sinnúmero de otras variables a considerar en la realización, se analizan en el presente texto y encuentran diferentes respuestas mediante entrevistas realizadas a profesionales del medio. (EDITOR).

Become Tony White’s personal animation student. Experience many of the teaching techniques of the golden era of Disney and Warner Brothers studios and beyond all from the comfort of your own home or studio. Tony White’s Animation Master Class is uniquely designed to cover the core principles of animated movement comprehensively. How to Make Animated Films offers secrets and unique approaches only a Master Animator could share. Includes hands-on tutorials, demonstrations and final sample animations. Whether you want to become a qualified animator of 2D, 3D, Flash or any other form of animation, Tony White’s foundations bring you closer to that goal. The downloadable resources are invaluable, in that readers are not only taught principles and concepts in the book, they are able to see them demonstrated in action in the movies.

In a world obsessed with 'firsts', this fascinating book with its accompanying DVD analyses the stop-motion films made by the British pioneer filmmaker Arthur Melbourne-Cooper, arguably the maker of the first ever animation.

Landon's World is a 2Abstract Landon's World is a 2-dimensional animated twenty-minute video on demand and network series following the life of a four-year-old boy named Landon. He is wildly full of energy and has an extensive imagination which leads him to go on “imagination trips” in his make-believe world. Landon is accompanied by his American Terrier named King, his imaginative Dia de Muertos friend Avery, and Parrot Rj. While Landon, Avery, and Rj head off into Landon's make-believe world, they learn particular math, reading, spelling, and counting skills to get out of situations. Landon's World teaches kids citizenship and how coordinating together can get a job accomplished. The multi-national emphasis with characters and language will touch on broader themes like respect and showing a connection to individuals of different backgrounds. The show will be set in Landon's present day and will open with Landon finding himself in a troubling predicament, and per lessons that Landon's parents instruct him on, he analyzes the lessons into a day-dream transporting him into his make-believe world. Problems and solutions will be articulated in an easy to follow format for younger children and will always end with a happy ending for the characters. The show will consist of twelve episodes per season and will have a robust educational premise to it. Each episode will focus on educational lessons along with life lessons for child development in memorable ways that your child will not soon forget. With bright, lavish scenes and fun characters, Landon's World will be an entertaining adventure for children and parents alike.dimensional animated twenty-minute video on demand and network series following the life of a four-year-old boy named Landon. He is wildly full of energy and has an extensive imagination which leads him to go on “imagination trips” in his make-believe world. Landon is accompanied by his American Terrier named King, his imaginative Dia de Muertos friend Avery, and Parrot Rj. While Landon, Avery, and Rj head off into Landon's make-believe world, they learn particular math, reading, spelling, and counting skills to get out of situations. Landon's World teaches kids citizenship and how coordinating together can get a job accomplished. The multi-national emphasis with characters and language will touch on broader themes like respect and showing a connection to individuals of different backgrounds. The show will be set in Landon's present day and will open with Landon finding himself in a troubling predicament, and per lessons that Landon's parents instruct him on, he analyzes the lessons into a day-dream transporting him into his make-believe world. Problems and solutions will be articulated in an easy to follow format for younger children and will always end with a happy ending for the characters. The show will consist of twelve episodes per season and will have a robust educational premise to it. Each episode will focus on educational lessons along with life lessons for child development in memorable ways that your child will not soon forget. With bright, lavish scenes and fun characters, Landon's World will be an entertaining adventure for children and parents alike.

With the development and accessibility of animation tools and techniques, filmmakers are blurring the boundaries between documentary filmmaking and animation. The intimacy, imperfection and charm of the animated form is providing live-action and animation directors with unique ways to tell stories, humanize events and convey information not easily adapted for live-action media. \"Animated Realism\" presents animation techniques as they apply to the documentary genre with an inspirational behind-the-scenes look at award-winning animated documentaries. Animators and documentary filmmakers alike will learn how to develop a visual style with animation, translate a graphic novel into a documentary and use 3D animation as a storytelling tool, all in the context of creating animated documentaries. With insight and inspiration, \"Animated Realism\" includes interviews from industry luminaries like John Canemaker, Oscar Winning Director of \"The Moon and the Son\", Yoni Goodman, Animation Director of Oscar Nominated Waltz with Bashir and Chris Landreth, Oscan Winning creator of Ryan. Packed with beautiful, instructive illustrations and previously unpublished material (including storyboards, photos and hand-drawn sketches) and interspersed with interviews - this is an exceptional source of inspiration and knowledge for animators, students and fans alike. With a companion website featuring animated shorts from leading animated documentaries, animators, students and documentary filmmakers will be able to analyze and apply Oscar-winning animation techniques to their own films. Learn from the best...Judith Kriger interviews some of the most innovative and inspirational animators, including John Canemaker, Oscar Winning Director of \"The Moon and the Son\", Yoni Goodman, Animation Director of Oscar Nominated Waltz with Bashir and Chris Landreth, Oscan Winning Director of Ryan. Judith Kriger is a Los Angeles, CA-based independent filmmaker and animator. She has worked professionally in the entertainment industry for over twenty years on various projects for film, broadcast, video games and the web. Ms. Kriger's credits include: Cats and Dogs, Antz, A Simple Wish, Bebe's Kids, South Park, Ren and Stimpy, The Family Dog and various Doughboy commercials. Ms. Kriger produces, directs and animates her own independent films and is currently working on an animated project about the Hebrew alphabet. She is an Assistant Professor of Film and Television at the Dodge College of Film and Media Arts at Chapman University. Ms. Kriger teaches introductory and advanced courses in 3D animation and visual effects production.