Producing Independent 2D Character Animation Making and Selling a Short Film

Name: Producing Independent 2D Character Animation Making and Selling a Short Film
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ISBN: 9780240805139

ISBN-10: 0240805135

ISBN-13: 9780240805139

Edition: 2003

Authors: Mark Simon

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This concept-to-pitch guide teaches independent 2D character animators, students and small animation production studios how to produce short cel animation films. By mapping out how his own studio created and produced an animation, the author shows what it takes, both creatively and in terms of resources.

Book details

List price: $58.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 2/12/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.288
Language: English



Foreword



Preface


Acknowledgments



Before We Get Started



Frame Rate



Time versus Footage



DPI versus Pixels



Scenes



File Organization



Tricks of the Trade



Supplies, Hardware, and Software



Production Crew



Pre-Production



The In-House Pitch



Character Design



Story and Storyboards



Budget



Crewing Up



Revised Storyboards



Layouts



Production



Directing Dialogue



Audio Recording and Editing



Animatics



Animation Breakdowns, Slugging, or Timing



Audio Breakdowns



Assigning Production Work



Key Animation



Rotoscoping



Effects Animation



Pencil Tests



Enhanced Animatics



Backgrounds



Inbetweens



Clean-Ups



Scanning



Digital Ink and Paint



Composite and Export of Individual Layers



Camera Moves and Special Effects



Final Image Composite



Post-Production



Title Cards



Credits



Editing



Music and Sound Design



Final Composite with Audio and Output to Tape or Film



What Next?



Copyright



Festivals



Online



Pitching to a Studio, Network, or Distributor



Portfolio Piece



Interviews



Craig McCracken, Creator of The Powerpuff Girls



Bill Plympton, Academy Award-Nominated Independent Animator



Craig "Spike" Decker of Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation



Linda Simensky, Senior Vice President of Original Animation at Cartoon Network



Rachelle Lewis, Director of Recruitment for Klasky Csupo



Tom Sito, Co-Director of Osmosis Jones



David Fine and Alison Snowden, Academy Award Winning Producers of Bob and Margaret



Appendixes



Forms



Digital to Film Transfer Facilities and Film Recording Service Bureaus



Supplies



Software



Books



Periodicals



Animation Schools



CD Contents



Patronage and Credits


Index