RRP : £19.99
Our Price : £17.99
Discount : 10%
Pub Date : October 2009
ISBN : 9781408102831
Format : CD, Paperback
Dimensions : 220x220mm
Extent : 144 pages
Illustrations : 200 colour illustrations
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This handy guide is just that. It is small enough to handle and carry
around easily, and is a must-have resource for everyone interested in
animation history, theory and practice. The whole book is
structured round 20 key events in animation history from Cave Art
to the development of 3D computer-generated images. Each of the 20 sections is
linked to a practical "Stuff for Students" section which
gives clever first-hand instructions for animating anything from
plasticine to pixels. Furthermore each of these 20 sections
is linked to animated examples from the work of the author
herself. The book provides a clearly laid out visual guide to animation
at all levels and is further – and most importantly – directly linked
to moving examples on a supporting DVD. The DVD also provides a wealth
of web links and addresses to steer the user to animated examples of
the historical works discussed and more.
Although aimed squarely at first year animation students this package
could prove equally valuable in the hands of secondary school pupils, MA
students or people at home who have 'always wanted to have a go' at
animation. From one of the animators who brought us Paddington Bear,
this book-and-DVD combination provides an integrated and self-sufficient
learn-2D-animation package.
About the Author(s)
Shelia Graber has been working in the animation field for many years.
She is an art and animation teacher and has been commissioned to make
animations by a long list of institutions including the Tate
Gallery (London), NFT and Tyneside Cinema. She creates animation for
websites (e.g. International Website for the Deaf with Granada TV) and
also works with the police creating animation resources for their Young
Offenders Programme. Sheila has won awards for her animated short films
at both the London Film Festival and Cannes. She is currently a Visiting Professor at the University of Sunderland, and she
also runs an animation company with her colleague Jen Miller.
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