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Animated Performance: Bringing Imaginary Animal, Human and Fantasy Characters to Life de Nancy Beiman

Animated Performance: Bringing Imaginary Animal, Human and Fantasy Characters to Life: Required Reading Range

Autor Nancy Beiman
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 ian 2021
Animated Performance shows how a character can seemingly 'come to life' when their movements reflect the emotional or narrative context of their situation: when they start to 'perform'.The many tips, examples and exercises from a veteran of the animation industry will help readers harness the flexibility of animation to portray a limitless variety of characters and ensure that no two performances are ever alike. More than 300 color illustrations demonstrate how animal and fantasy characters can live and move without losing their non-human qualities and interviews with Disney animators Art Babbitt, Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston and Ellen Woodbury make this a unique insight into bringing a whole world of characters to life.New to the second edition: A new chapter with introductory exercises to introduce beginner animators to the the world of animated acting; dozens of new assignments and examples focusing on designing and animating fantasy and animal characters.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781501376672
ISBN-10: 1501376675
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: 300 color illus
Dimensiuni: 210 x 270 mm
Greutate: 0.84 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Seria Required Reading Range

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Caracteristici

Companion website with sample responses to the creative exercises - so readers can see humans transform into animals, a powerful drama enacted by a mismatched pair of socks and a scarecrow romancing a rag doll

Notă biografică

Nancy Beiman, Professor, Bachelor of Animation, Sheridan College, Oakville, Canada.

Cuprins

Foreword by Lynn JohnstonPreface: Driving the Jet PlaneChapter 1: Animation's Basic Movements: The Bouncing Ball and the PendulumOuter Space: Defining and Distorting VolumesInner Space: Defining and Distorting TimeA Brief History of TimeActing: The BeginningThe Line of Action and the ArcChapter 2: Designs That Animate'Look Ma, No Hands!' Animating Snakes, Worms, and Other CrawlersAn Introduction to ThumbnailsGood Actors: Designs That AnimateChapter 3: Setting the Stage: Character and Story ContextDon't Just Do Something...Every Move You Make: Analyzing the CharacterCharacter Volume, Size and MovementChapter 4: Is Sex Necessary? Masculine and Feminine Character ActingThe Ages of Man (And Woman)An Introduction to Dialogue AnimationChapter 5: Animal ActorsFour Legs Good, Two Legs Better? Creating Animal CharactersFlights of Information: Animating Winged CharactersPortraying Animal Qualities in Human CharactersChapter 6: Fantastic Performance!Natural Inspirations for the SupernaturalFloating Worlds: The Weightless ActorChapter 7: The Performer as ObjectMoving the Furniture: Bringing Inanimate Objects to LifeMaterial Girl: Fabric and Cloth CharactersChapter 8: Double Timing: Animating Character InteractionsStaging and Composition Changing Leads in Multiple-Character ScenesJazz Hands: Acting Out Your Scenes without Using Your BodyPotemkin Villages: Crowd Scenes and How to Fake ThemChapter 9: Character Development Over TimeCharacter and Story ArcsInspiration and ReferenceIndexAcknowledgements

Recenzii

Animated Performance by Nancy Beiman is an instant classic... Beiman's new book concentrates solely on character animation and she knocks it out of the park. It is a thorough, step-by-step examination of the art, aimed at the advanced student or professional animator who already knows the basics. It's 232 oversized pages, loaded with solid information based on a lifetime of professional experience. I highly recommend this book to anyone doing, or attempting to do, character animation on any level.
[Nancy Beiman's] imagination-based exercises are where this book really shines. They're great. Every five or 10 pages, Nancy adds a clear, concise, well-planned and thoughtful exercise that directly relates to the preceding text. They are the kind of exercises that appear to have been developed by an excellent teacher after years of hands-on knowledge in the classroom. I'd love to try them all.
A beautiful 234-page instructional text that should inspire both beginners and long-term experts in animation. Packed with amusing illustrations, inspiring anecdotes and lively examples, Beiman's book acts as the kind of teacher we all wish we had in school.
Nancy Beiman's Animated Performance is a personal, professional and historical introduction to the animation process. It's a top notch primer. In fact, I would recommend first time animation students begin with this text (and Miyazaki's Starting Point) before proceeding to Tony White or Halas & Whittaker and then Williams. Right there you'd have a solid three year course of study.
Animated Performance demonstrates once again that Nancy Beiman is not only a tremendously talented artist, but also an immensely gifted teacher. The Disney artists of the Golden Age would have loved this book. The New Generation will be thankful to have it.
Once again Nancy Beiman has come through for aspiring animators with an inspirational text on what it takes to really be an 'actor with a pencil'!
Veteran animator Nancy Beiman has harvested a lifetime of lessons from her Hollywood mentors, added inspiration from her favorite entertainers, a pinch of her own illustration, and distilled it all down into a wonderfully whimsical yet concise how-to of the animator's art. A must-have for the serious student of animation.
Nancy Beiman's new book Animated Performance should find a place on the bookshelf of anyone who creates character based work, whether it's animation, illustration, comic art, writing or portraiture.
If I had to select one book, today, that I would recommend people read to learn about the art of animation, I'd probably pick Nancy Beiman's latest tome. It's a bona fide gem. This book does as its title suggests, it shows you how to get a *performance* out of your characters.
This book is an excellent reference work for creating your own animations.