Animated Storytelling: Simple Steps for Creating Animation & Motion Graphics - Softcover

Blazer, Liz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0135667852 ISBN 13: 9780135667859

Verlag: Peachpit Press, 2019

Inhaltsangabe

Animation is a limitless medium for telling stories. Artists can create worlds, defy gravity, flip from factual to fantasy, and transport audiences to places they never imagined. The challenge is having the discipline to reel it in and be intentional about your storytelling choices. This book shows you how.

 

In Animated Storytelling, learn how to create memorable stories using animation and motion graphics by following 10 simple guidelines that take you through the stages of concept development, pre-production, storyboarding, and design. Explore traditional linear storytelling and learn different processes for creating successful nonlinear animated stories, and also discover the wonders of experimental filmmaking.

 

Award-winning filmmaker, educator, and motivator Liz Blazer uses clear examples and easy-to-follow exercises to provide you with the instruction, encouragement, and tools you need to get your designs moving.

 

Whether your goal is to create exciting shorts for film festivals, effective messaging for broadcast or online, or simply to gain a deeper understanding of the medium, Animated Storytelling simplifies the process of creating clear and engaging stories for animation and motion graphics so you can get started easily.

 

Animated Storytelling teaches you how to:

Write a creative brief for your project

Find and communicate your story s Big Idea

Create tight stories with linear and nonlinear structures

Explore experimental filmmaking techniques

Use storyboards to communicate your visual story

Use color to clarify and enrich your story

Define the rules for your animated world

Ease into the challenging task of animation

Make the work you want to be hired to do

Share your work with the world!

Equal parts inspiring and practical, Animated Storytelling is a step-by-step guide that takes aspiring storytellers from raw idea to final render to distribution.

Justin Cone, Co-founder, Motionographer

This book is the instruction manual for navigating the complex world of animated storytelling. It's informative, inspirational, and extremely entertaining to read. Anyone working (or hoping to work) in the field of animation needs to read this.

Joey Korenman, CEO & Founder, School of Motion

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

LIZ BLAZER is a filmmaker, art director, designer, animator, and educator. She has worked as a development artist for Disney, director for Cartoon Network, special effects designer for MTV, and art director for the Palestinian/Israeli Sesame Street. Her animated documentary Backseat Bingo traveled to 180 film festivals in 15 countries and won many awards, including awards from the HBO Comedy Arts Festival, Animation Magazine, and the International Documentary Association. As an educator, Blazer emphasizes storytelling and pitching as she guides her students to bring their art to life through animation.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Peachpit Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0135667852
• ISBN 13: 9780135667859
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Pearson Benelux BV; productsafety@pearson.com; ; Kabelweg 37; Amsterdam; 1014 BA; Niederlande