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Cracking animation : the Aardman book of 3-D animation

Lord, PeterUUUU
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The book sets the achievements of Aardman Studios. Includes a guide to the process of 3-D animation today: a practical, fully illustrated, step-by-step description of how to create effective characters, a storyboard and sets, & then an entire film
Main title:
Cracking animation : the Aardman book of 3-D animation / Peter Lord & Brian Sibley ; foreword by Nick Park
Imprint:
New York Thames &
Collation:
240 p. illustrations (chiefly colour)
Contents:
The medium -- Basic needs : The camera ; The digital image and motion control ; A simple studio ; A complex studio ; The power of lighting -- Simple techniques : Simple clay animation ; Simple object animation ; Other animation techniques -- Models and modelmaking : Basic principles ; Making a sheep ; Gromit construction ; Wat construction ; Rex construction ; Preston -- Set design and making : Planning a set ; A straightforward set ; Matching sets to products ; A complex set ; Ingenuity and prop ; Special effects ; Advanced special effects -- Animation and performance : Movement ; Walk cycles ; Making movement believable ; Running and tumbling ; Action and reaction ; Special movement effects ; Expressions and gestures ; Speech and lip-sync -- CGI-computer generated imagery : Modelling figures and sets ; Rigging ; Animation ; Lighting and rendering -- Making a film : The role of the producer ; Thinking about a script ; Flash animation and the web ; Online games ; Creating a storyboard for Adam ; War story ; The Pearce sisters ; Morph ; Angry kid ; Creature comforts ; Shaun the sheep ; Timmy time ; Wallace and Gromit ; Chicken run ; Editing ; Sound and music -- A career in animation
ISBN:
9780500289068 (pbk)
Dewey class:
778.5347 CRA
Local class:
778.5347
Language:
English
BRN:
72702
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
St MarysNonfiction778.5347 CRAAvailable
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