Cracking Animation: The Aardman Book of 3-D Animation
by Peter Lord, Aardman (Author), Brian Sibley (Author)
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From the creators of the wildly successful Wallace and Gromit films and Chicken Run, here is a practical guide to making your own 3-D (or stop-action) animation, a practice whose robust presence in contemporary filmmaking continues strong. At the heart of the book is 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, and then an entire film. This new edition includes a brand new show more chapter offering exclusive interviews with the producer and director of Aardman's latest blockbuster, Shaun the Sheep: The Movie, a special segment giving you unprecedented behind-the-scenes insight into the making of The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists, and a revised chapter on CGI technology that explores and celebrates the very latest, up-to-the-minute developments in the field. show lessTags
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This is a book I've had on my shelf for a while, but never read. It was given to me by a friend when I was taking a class on stop motion animation. I grew up seeing stop motion as a kid, especially during Christmas season. I had seen some of the Wallace and Grommit shorts, and Chicken Run as well. This book details the entire process of making stop motion animation at Aardman. It is so much more in depth than I had learned in my little introduction class.
This book uses an extensive collection of pictures to document the process of creating the characters and bring them to life, one frame at a time. While this method isn't very common now, it would be a great introduction to animation concepts for young readers.
This book uses an extensive collection of pictures to document the process of creating the characters and bring them to life, one frame at a time. While this method isn't very common now, it would be a great introduction to animation concepts for young readers.
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Brian Sibley was born in London, England on July 14, 1949. He is author of over 100 hours of radio drama and has written and presented hundreds of radio documentaries, features and weekly programs including J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, C. S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia, and Gormenghast, for which he won a Sony Radio Award. He has show more also written numerous books including The Lord of the Rings: The Making of the Movie Trilogy, Peter Jackson: A Film-Maker's Journey, The Disney Studio Story, Mickey Mouse: His Life and Times, The Land of Narnia, and Harry Potter Film Wizardry. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Alternate titles
- Creating 3-D Animation: The Aardman Book of Filmmaking; Cracking animation : The Aardman book of 3-D animation
- Original publication date
- 1998
- Related movies
- A Grand Day Out with Wallace and Gromit (1989 | IMDb); Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers (1993 | IMDb); Wallace and Gromit in A Close Shave (1995 | IMDb); The Amazing Adventures of Morph (1980 | IMDb); Stage Fright (1997 | IMDb)
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- English
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