Book description
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, you’ll 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. Award-winning animator 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.
In Animated Storytelling, you’ll learn how to:
Write a creative brief for your project
Find and communicate your story’s big idea
Create a tight story using linear and nonlinear story structures
Use color to clarify and enrich your story
Define the rules for your animated world, and commit to them
Ease into the challenging task of animation
Make the work you want to be hired to do
Share your work with the world!
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Acknowledgments
- Art Credits
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Pre-Production
- 2. Storytelling
- 3. Storyboarding
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4. Color Sense
- Create a Color Script
- Supporting Colors
- Color Me Awesome
- Tip 1: Limit Your Palette
- Tip 2: Support (Don’t Upstage) Your Subject
- Tip 3: Select One Thematic and One Accent Color
- Tip 4: Use Saturation Mindfully
- Tip 5: Use Surprise Color for Punctuation
- Tip 6: Design for Movement
- Tip 7: Make Your Own Rules
- Assignment: Subvert a nursery rhyme, make a color script
- 5. Weird Science
- 6. Sound Ideas
- 7. Design Wonderland
- 8. Technique
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9. Animate!
- Start Easy, Gain Confidence
- Break Up the Tough Ones
- No Shot Left Behind
- Protect Ya’ Tech
- Be a Poser
- Anticipate and Follow Through
- Compose Directional Movement
- Decentralize and Mix It Up
- Consider the Blur
- Be Flexible with Soundtrack
- Hit Your Sound Marks
- Mute Your Soundtrack
- Assignment: Create a short with a message
- 10. Show and Tell
- Index
Product information
- Title: Animated Storytelling: Simple Steps For Creating Animation and Motion Graphics
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2015
- Publisher(s): Peachpit Press
- ISBN: 9780134133812
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