Christopher Walsh

Stop Motion Filmmaking (eBook, ePUB)

The Complete Guide to Fabrication and Animation

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Based on a world-class curriculum and cutting-edge industry practices, Stop Motion Filmmaking offers step-by-step instruction in everything from puppet making and studio set-up to animation and filmmaking. Reflecting exciting advancements in the medium, animator and educator Christopher Walsh focuses closely on digital filmmaking techniques, and offers specific instruction for creating 3D designed and printed puppet components as well as hand-crafted elements. The book is enriched by exclusive online content in the form of detailed tutorials and examples, and by dynamic sidebars and inserts.

Further accented by interviews with leading professionals from both the independent and major studio worlds, Stop Motion Filmmaking is designed for dedicated students of the art form, and provides invaluable training for any serious artist who is driven to bring frame-by-frame worlds to life through puppet animation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350031623
• Artikelnr.: 68397384

Autorenporträt

Christopher Walsh has an MFA in Film Studies, and is a Professor in the Bachelor of Animation Program at Sheridan College, Canada. He has worked extensively in the stop-motion television industry, and his own short films continue to screen at animation festivals internationally.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part 1 - Puppet Fabrication
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Stop-Motion Puppets
Chapter 2: Character Design
Chapter 3: Fabricating the Inside
Chapter 4: Fabricating the Outside: Part 1
Chapter 5: Fabricating the Outside: Part 2
Chapter 6: The Costume
Part 2 - The Studio
Chapter 7: Physical Space
Chapter 8: Lighting
Chapter 9: Camera
Part 3- Animation
Chapter 10: Before Animating
Chapter 11: Introductory Exercises
Chapter 12: Advanced Exercises
Chapter 13: Animating Dialogue
Chapter 14: Putting it All Together: The Showcase Shot
Part 4- Making a Film
Chapter 15: Pre-Production
Chapter 16: Production
Chapter 17: Post-Production
Chapter 18: Distribution and Exhibition
Conclusion
Further Reading
Index