Animation: The Whole Story

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Allworth, Sep 1, 2003 - Performing Arts - 336 pages
“A valuable and exhaustive guide.”—Animation World Professional animator Howard Beckerman has drawn them all: Popeye, Heckle & Jeckle, even Mickey Mouse. In Animation, he offers a road map to the complex art of making an animated feature. Vivid sketches, screen shots, and step-by-step illustrations show how to make a drawing come to life, create storyboards, use form and color, develop a soundtrack, edit, and more. This new edition is also thoroughly updated to reflect the latest trends surrounding digital technology. Animation provides artists and aspiring filmmakers with everything they need to carve their niche in today’s quickly evolving animation industry. • Contains a well-chosen portfolio of 437 visual examples and step-by-step instructions• Copublished with the School of Visual Arts

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Contents

An Animators History of Animation 1 The Curtain Rises
3
The Studios Are Born
20
Jolson Speaks Mickey Squeaks
32
Copyright

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About the author (2003)

Howard Beckerman has spent more than 30 years working in most every facet of animation. A teacher at the School of Visual Arts, he lives in Flushing, NY.

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