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'Insightful ... will be appealing to students of animation and anyone interested in the passion of these hobbyists turned world-renowned professionals'
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The multiple Oscar-winning creators of Wallace and Gromit show you how to make your own successful animation films in a new, thoroughly revised edition of this acclaimed book. Peter Lord co-founder of Aardman guides the reader through the entire process of 3D animation, culminating in a practical, fully illustrated step-by-step description of how to create effective characters, a storyboard, sets, and eventually make an entire film. In this new edition, the section on CGI has been updated, and the chapter on Making a Film has been completely overhauled to bring out the difference in structure, thinking and technique when applied to scripting, characterization, short films, television work, advertising and feature films. For fans and enthusiasts of all ages, as well as for serious students of animation, this book is not only a lot of fun it is essential reading.
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42 of 42 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I bought this because I was having difficulty knowing where to start in stop-motion animation, and also because I really like the movies that Aardman have produced.
The book has a great background and introduction to stop-motion, and goes on to explain some areas of how a stop-motion film is produced. Areas covered included how certain effects are achieved, how the sound is added and lighting set-ups. Things that are not covered include frame-grabbing using a computer, and as most amateur animators start off with webcams and free/cheap frame-grabbing software this should be taken into account if you are a beginner. Hoever, information on frame-grabbing software etc is widely available for free on the internet at sites such as stopmotionanimation.com and animateclay.com.
I found the book very useful, especially the basic exercises using clay to do some simple motions. I also enjoyed reading about how parts of the Wallace and Gromit movies were achieved.
Altogether a very good book for people just getting into stop-mition animation, or anyone interested in how it is done, although if you plan to go into animating on computers you will need to either spend some time on the internet or find another book to cover this aspect of it.
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This Book is an ideal introduction to the world of 3-D animation from the acknowledged experts. The introduction and The Medium sections give an interesting background to the history animation with specific references to the Aardman history.
The section entitled Simple Techniques is the bit I found the most useful as it gives a series of exercises to try out for real. There is good advice about building simple sets and getting the lighting right.
I was however a little disappointed about the content in the book about how to use computers to assist with simple animations. Perhaps there is another book out there.
If you are interested in getting the right start with animation and want to save yourself making the simple but frustrating mistakes that others have made read this book.
The section entitled Simple Techniques is the bit I found the most useful as it gives a series of exercises to try out for real. There is good advice about building simple sets and getting the lighting right.
I was however a little disappointed about the content in the book about how to use computers to assist with simple animations. Perhaps there is another book out there.
If you are interested in getting the right start with animation and want to save yourself making the simple but frustrating mistakes that others have made read this book.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A suprisingly informative, enthusiastic and fun introduction to the world of animation. I have used this book to great effect teaching animation to people from three yrs. old to thirty three!
Each chapter is clearly articulated and lavished with large colour illustrations from the films we all know and love. The deatil of lip-synching, model making, story-boadrding and set building as well as the fundamentals of animating are communicated in such a clear and enthusiastic way, it is hard not to catch the animating bug! Great all round book, highly recommended.
Each chapter is clearly articulated and lavished with large colour illustrations from the films we all know and love. The deatil of lip-synching, model making, story-boadrding and set building as well as the fundamentals of animating are communicated in such a clear and enthusiastic way, it is hard not to catch the animating bug! Great all round book, highly recommended.
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this is a fantastic book for any budding animator. I got it for my 8 year old son who had completed a one week trick-box course over the summer and he has dived straight in. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Nicholas Adam Elliott
Excellent
Bought as a present for a teenage cartoonist and it went down very well. An informative, interesting and fun book about the subject and plenty of background on the Aardman studios.
Published 11 months ago by Andrew Gooding
Fantastic book
I bought this for a friend of 12 who loves animation and making his own films, he said it was the best birthday present and just what he wanted! Read more
Published 12 months ago by susewalk
a cracking success
bought this for my daughter who had enjoyed the book when she borrowed it from the Library at College she finds it both fascinating and useful
Published 13 months ago by focada
Insightful book on stop-motion animation, and on how Aardman Studios...
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Published 14 months ago by Parka
Cracking Animation
Does what it says on the box!!! An excellent book, very informative and looks at many different aspects of the animators` tasks/roles. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Bridie
Very pleased recipient
Bought this for my nephew who's keen on modelling and animation who found this very interesting and informative. Read more
Published 16 months ago by boo
Interested in animation? Look no furthur!
I recevied this book a few weeks ago, i've had a good look through it and can say this. If you're interested in animation, especially stop-motion animation then this book is your... Read more
Published on 30 Jan 2010 by J. Rogers
Cracking Book, Gromit...
I bought this book for my 14 year old daughter who loves to animate with Plasticine figures. It's great for anyone who'd like a 'behind the scenes' peek at Wallace and Gromit (and... Read more
Published on 29 Nov 2009 by joyofchicks
Perfect for any fan of Aardman, stop-mo or animation in general
I have to agree with all other reviewers. This is an excellent, well-produced, good quality book that is stuffed with information for anyone interested in animation, especially... Read more
Published on 8 Aug 2009 by A. J. Sturgess
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