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The animator's survival kit : a manual of methods, principles and formulas for classical, computer, games, stop mtion and internet animators / Richard Williams.

By: Williams, Richard, 1933- [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: Expanded edition.Description: x, 382 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780865478978 (paperback).Subject(s): Animation (Cinematography) | Drawing -- TechniqueDDC classification: 778.5347
Contents:
Why this book? -- Drawing in time -- Time to draw -- It's all in the timing and spacing -- Lesson 1 -- Advancing backwards to 1940 -- More on spacing -- Walks -- Runs, jumps and skips -- Flexibility -- Weight -- Anticipation -- Takes and accents -- Timing, staggers, wave and whip -- Dialogue -- Acting -- Animal action -- Directing -- Review -- The enlarged edition.
Holdings
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General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 778.5347 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00161663
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The definitive book on animation, from the Academy Award-winning animator behind Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Animation is one of the hottest areas of filmmaking today--and the master animator who bridges the old generation and the new is Richard Williams. During his fifty years in the business, Williams has been one of the true innovators, winning three Academy Awards and serving as the link between Disney's golden age of animation by hand and the new computer animation exemplified by Toy Story .

Perhaps even more important, though, has been his dedication in passing along his knowledge to a new generation of animators so that they in turn could push the medium in new directions. In this book, based on his sold-out master classes in the United States and across Europe, Williams provides the underlying principles of animation that every animator--from beginner to expert, classic animator to computer animation whiz --needs. Urging his readers to "invent but be believable," he illustrates his points with hundreds of drawings, distilling the secrets of the masters into a working system in order to create a book that will become the standard work on all forms of animation for professionals, students, and fans.

Why this book? -- Drawing in time -- Time to draw -- It's all in the timing and spacing -- Lesson 1 -- Advancing backwards to 1940 -- More on spacing -- Walks -- Runs, jumps and skips -- Flexibility -- Weight -- Anticipation -- Takes and accents -- Timing, staggers, wave and whip -- Dialogue -- Acting -- Animal action -- Directing -- Review -- The enlarged edition.

CIT Module ARTS 6013 - Core reading.

CIT Module MMED 6001 - Core reading.

CIT Module MMED 6020 - Core reading.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Richard Williams (1933-2019) is best known as the Director of Animation and designer of the new characters for Who Framed Roger Rabbit , for which he won two Academy Awards including a Special Achievement Award. Canadian-born Williams has won three U.S. Academy Awards, three British Academy Awards, and an Emmy, among 246 international awards. In 1990 he was voted by his peers as "The Animator's Animator," and in 1995 he started giving the Richard Williams Animation Masterclasses for professionals and students worldwide. He lived with his family in Wales, and continued working in animation until his 80s.