The Complete Digital Animation Course: Principles, Practices, and Techniques: a Practical Guide for Aspiring Animators - Softcover

Wyatt, Andy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764144243 ISBN 13: 9780764144240

Publisher: B E S Pub Co, 2010

Synopsis

Provides information on the entire animation process, covering such topics as story research, scriptwriting, the storyboard, character design, voice recording, motion theory, staging, expressions, motion, scene planing, lighting, visual effects, and editing.

About this title

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This foundation course in the art and practice of digital animation is an essential reference for students and all others interested in the creative side of the industry.

Step-by-step tutorials, practical tasks, and assignments explain the entire animation process and allow you to practice newly learned techniques and processes. Create animation suitable for television, film, computer games, Web sites, cell phones, and mp3 players, and get to know your way around the most commonly used 2D and 3D animation software.

Interviews with professionals introduce different roles in the business to help you understand exactly how the industry works. Tips, trade secrets, and career advice will help you take your next steps in the animation industry. You'll have the necessary training to work for a small independent company, work freelance, or join one of the world's largest animation studios.

Andy Wyatt has worked in the animation industry for 20 years, during which time he has animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, run his own studio producing animation for television and the internet, directed major shows for the BBC, Teletoon, and Aardman, and has written and lectured on animation. He is now head of animation at University College, Falmouth, England.

Edition details

• Publisher: B E S Pub Co
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0764144243
• ISBN 13: 9780764144240
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144