How to Create Animation in 10 Easy Lessons: Create 2-D, 3-D, and Digital Animation without a Hollywood Budget (Super Skills) - Hardcover

Bishop-Stephens, Will

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1633221822 ISBN 13: 9781633221826

Publisher: Walter Foster Jr., 2016

Synopsis

Learn 10 key skills to create your own 2-D and 3-D animations!

In this new addition to the Super Skills series, children will master animation in 10 easy lessons! A professional animator teaches children 10 key skills to start creating their own 2-D and 3-D animations.

Each stage is fully illustrated with step-by-step illustrations and photographs, from learning how to make a simple flip book to crafting a stop-motion film of their own claymation creations. With professional tips and practical techniques, this book helps young readers become expert animators in no time. From planning what to animate and storyboarding to working with special effects and cameras, this book leads the way.

About this title

About the Author

Will Bishop-Stephens is a freelance animation director and writer as well as a lecturer at the University of East London and previously at the Royal College of Art. He's worked on a number of animation projects and had work shown at several international film festivals. Will has more than 14 years' experience leading animation workshops for children and beginning animators.

Reviews

Gr 2–6—This guide to animation tackles flip-books, pixelation, Claymation, special effects, and more. For each skill, the author describes several activities to try and presents a variety of tips. The volume is well organized and packed with information, and the design is colorful, with lots of illustrations to supplement the text. The spiral binding is covered to prevent it from snagging or scraping other books. Back matter includes a list of websites where kids can find examples of different types of animation or tools they can use. Although the author does not provide suggestions on specific apps for capturing animation, he does offer some guidelines on what features to look for. VERDICT A solid resource for those interested in making student films.—Ashley Larsen, Pacifica Libraries, CA

Edition details

• Publisher: Walter Foster Jr.
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1633221822
• ISBN 13: 9781633221826
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 64