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How to Write for Animation [Paperback]

Jeffrey Scott (Author)

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Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Overlook Press; Reissue edition (6 Jan 2004)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1585674281
ISBN-13: 978-1585674282
Product Dimensions: 25.2 x 20.3 x 1.7 cm

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 426,289 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #29 in Books > Music, Stage & Screen > Film > Film Genres > Animation

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"Writing for animation is both an art and a discipline, and Jeffrey Scott is terrific at teaching others what he's mastered himself" - Jeffrey Katzenberg, DreamWorks SKG As animation enters the mainstream with a string of prime-time television and blockbuster film successes, veteran animation writer Jeffrey Scott details the process of writing an animation script and offers foolproof advice on how to sell the finished product, making this the ultimate guide for anyone interested in writing for the most rapidly developing medium in all of entertainment. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A great guide to plotting, 19 April 2007

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This book transformed the way I write. Although many books explain how plots work, this is one of the only ones I've found that shows you how to create a plot from scratch. The method Jeffrey Scott describes works for writing books as well as scripts and I use it all the time.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The best Guide for writing animation, 4 Aug 2009

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This book is very good. Explain very well all the steps to write an animation project. Easy to understand. It has been very helpful to me.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Enormously useful and interesting, 29 Jan 2010

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How to write a good premise, Identifying and ordering the beats, Expanding to an outline, The full script and, then, getting somebody interested in it.
All superbly written with great, 'real-life' examples (I just *had* to go watch the TMNT episode to see how it turned out) including hints/tips/advice.
Admittedly, on first reading, I thought it too detailed a process for my hobbyist interest The improvement in, at least, the planning is remarkable. My written scenes are far leaner, more readable and better paced. My previous haphazard (I liked to think of it as dynamic) method caused too many omissions and clunky scenes while this method seems to highlight areas for improvement.
Would recommend to anybody who would like a proven premise-to-script method to their script-writing.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Simply Prefect
The best book not only for writing for animation but any other media. If you are interested from animation to novels, or even comic books, that's your book!

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This is an amazing book. It starts off with the basics, gives you tips how to complete every step, give examples along the way en inspires you. Excellent. Read more

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