Producing independent 2D character animation : making and selling a short film /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Simon, Mark, 1964-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Focal Press, ©2003.
Series:Focal Press visual effects and animation series
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Linda Simensky
  • Sect. A. Before We Get Started
  • Ch. 1. Frame Rate
  • Ch. 2. Time versus Footage
  • Ch. 3. DPI versus Pixels
  • Ch. 4. Scenes
  • Ch. 5. File Organization
  • Ch. 6. Tricks of the Trade
  • Ch. 7. Supplies, Hardware, and Software
  • Ch. 8. Production Crew
  • Sect. B. Pre-Production
  • Ch. 9. The In-House Pitch
  • Ch. 10. Character Design
  • Ch. 11. Story and Storyboards
  • Ch. 12. Budget
  • Ch. 13. Crewing Up
  • Ch. 14. Revised Storyboards
  • Ch. 15. Layouts
  • Sect. C. Production
  • Ch. 16. Directing Dialogue
  • Ch. 17. Audio Recording and Edition
  • Ch. 18. Animatics
  • Ch. 19. Animation Breakdowns, Slugging, or Timing
  • Ch. 20. Audio Breakdowns
  • Ch. 21. Assigning Production Work
  • Ch. 22. Key Animation
  • Ch. 23. Rotoscoping
  • Ch. 24. Effects Animation
  • Ch. 25. Pencil Tests
  • Ch. 26. Enhanced Animatics
  • Ch. 27. Backgrounds
  • Ch. 28. Inbetweens
  • Ch. 29. Clean-Ups
  • Ch. 30. Scanning
  • Ch. 31. Digital Ink and Paint
  • Ch. 32. Composite and Export of Individual Layers
  • Ch. 33. Camera Moves and Special Effects
  • Ch. 34. Final Image Composite
  • Sect. D. Post-Production
  • Ch. 35. Title Cards
  • Ch. 36. Credits
  • Ch. 37. Editing
  • Ch. 38. Music and Sound Design
  • Ch. 39. Final Composite with Audio and Output to Tape or Film
  • Sect. E. What Next?
  • Ch. 40. Copyright
  • Ch. 41. Festivals
  • Ch. 42. Online
  • Ch. 43. Pitching to a Studio, Network, or Distributor
  • Ch. 44. Portfolio Piece
  • Sect. F. Interviews
  • Ch. 45. Craig McCracken, Creator of The Powerpuff Girls
  • Ch. 46. Bill Plympton, Academy Award-Nominated Independent Animator
  • Ch. 47. Craig "Spike" Decker of Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation
  • Ch. 48. Linda Simensky, Senior Vice President of Original Animation at Cartoon Network
  • Ch. 49. Rachelle Lewis, Director of Recruitment for Klasky Csupo
  • Ch. 50. Tom Sito, Co-Director of Osmosis Jones
  • Ch. 51. David Fine and Alison Snowden, Academy Award-Winning Producers of Bob and Margaret
  • Sect. G. Appendixes
  • App. 1. Forms
  • App. 2. Digital to Film Transfer Facilities and Film Recording Service Bureaus
  • App. 6: Periodicals
  • App. 7: Animation Schools
  • App. 9. Patronage and Credits.