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Acting for animators / Ed Hooks.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Routledge, 2011.Edition: New edDescription: 1 v. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780415580243 (pbk.)
  • 0415580242 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 741.58 HOO
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Ed Hooks' indispensable acting guidebook for animators has been fully updated and improved!

Hooks uses basic acting theory to explain everything from character movement and facial expressions to interaction and scene construction. Just as acting on film and on stage are very different disciplines, so is the use of acting theory in creating an animated character, scene or story. Acting for Animators is full of essential craft tips from an acting master.

New to this Routledge edition:

- scene-by-scene analyses of six films, including Up, Coraline and Kung Fu Panda

- an expanded chapter on video game animation

- all-new illustrations

- a 500 word history of acting

Hooks uses basic acting theory to explain everything from character movement and facial expressions to interaction and scene construction. Just as acting on film and on stage are very different disciplines, so is the use of acting theory in creating an animated character, scene or story. Acting for Animators is full of essential craft tips from an acting master

Previous ed.: Portsmouth, N.H.: Heinemann, 2003.

Includes bibliographical references.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Acknowledgements (p. ix)
  • Foreword (p. x)
  • Introduction (p. 1)
  • A 500-word history of acting (p. 4)
  • Stage actor versus animator - vive la difference! (p. 6)
  • The illusion of life versus "moving illustrations" (p. 8)
  • Seven essential acting principles (p. 9)
  • Thinking tends to lead to conclusions, and emotion tends to lead to action (p. 12)
  • We humans empathize only with emotion (p. 14)
  • Theatrical reality is not the same thing as regular reality (p. 18)
  • Acting is doing; acting is also reacting (p. 22)
  • Your character should play an action until something happens to make him play a different action (p. 23)
  • Scenes begin in the middle, not at the beginning (p. 24)
  • A scene is a negotiation (p. 26)
  • Insights, perspectives and suggestions (p. 28)
  • Animating dialogue (p. 28)
  • Power centers (p. 29)
  • Status transactions (p. 30)
  • The psychological gesture and atmosphere (p. 32)
  • The adrenaline moment (p. 36)
  • "Ma" (p. 38)
  • Animating force versus animating form (p. 39)
  • Character performance fits the audience (p. 41)
  • Heroes and villains (p. 44)
  • Movement and body language (p. 46)
  • Acting is a process of exposing, not hiding (p. 49)
  • Active listening (p. 50)
  • Live-action reference and mirrors (p. 52)
  • Character tempo/rhythm (p. 55)
  • Character analysis (p. 56)
  • Pantomime (p. 59)
  • The expression of emotion in the human face (p. 62)
  • Suspension of disbelief and animation (p. 64)
  • Photo real and the uncanny valley (p. 66)
  • Videogames (p. 67)
  • Laban Movement theory (p. 74)
  • Comedy (p. 77)
  • Farce (p. 81)
  • Caricature (p. 82)
  • Television commercials (p. 83)
  • Short animation guidelines (p. 86)
  • Introduction to film analysis (p. 88)
  • Film analysis (p. 90)
  • Coraline (p. 90)
  • The Princess and the Frog (p. 104)
  • Kung Fu Panda (p. 120)
  • Ponyo (p. 129)
  • Up (p. 141)
  • The Iron Giant (p. 156)
  • A few classroom exercises (p. 166)
  • "What is my profession? What is my age?" (p. 166)
  • Given circumstances game (p. 166)
  • Gibberish exercise (p. 168)
  • Boss and workers game (p. 168)
  • "What kind of animal am I? (p. 168)
  • Reading lists and additional study (p. 170)
  • Index (p. 172)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Ed Hooks is a professional actor, acting coach, and writer, whose past students include Heather Locklear and Teri Hatcher. As an actor, he has appeared in numerous commercials and television shows including Murder, She Wrote, Home Improvement, and Golden Girls. He has taught a class on acting for animators, including the animators for the hit film Antz.

Hooks's works include The Audition Book; for the beginning and experienced actor, it explains how to give winning auditions for stage, film, commercials, or television shows. Each type of audition is thoroughly outlined and includes strategies for handling stage fright and locating an agent. His other books include The Ultimate Scene & Monologue Sourcebook, which references more than 1,000 scenes from hundreds of plays. Anyone interested in acting can benefit from the decades of experience Ed Hooks shares with the readers.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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