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Setting the scene : the art & evolution of animation layout / Fraser MacLean ; foreword by Pete Docter.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, ©2011.Description: 260 pages : coll. illustrations ; 25 x 29 cmISBN:
  • 9780811869874
  • (hardcover)
  • 0811869873
  • (hardcover)
Other title:
  • Art & evolution of animation layout
  • Art and evolution of animation layout
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 777 MAC
Contents:
Introduction : Hand-drawn cinematography -- What do you mean by \'layout\'? -- From the page to the screen -- A world on a piece of paper -- How do you make a movie? -- I guess you have to draw that?: the view from the shop floor -- Staging for business -- The story reel and beyond: removing all the guesses -- Big beautiful sets: previz and the growing world of digital coverage -- Riding the boom: some thoughts about camera moves -- Postscript : Dumpsters and station wagons -- Glossary.
Summary: From the handmade experiments of animation\'s earliest pioneers to the digital techniques employed by today\'s video game and CG artists, Setting the Scene provides a behind-the-scenes journey into the artistry, planning, design, and photography of commercial animation.--Page [2] of jacket.
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Standard Loan LSAD Library Main Collection 777 MAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 30/06/2020 39002100629063

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The art of animation layout takes center stage for the first time in this gorgeous, full-color volume. Animation fans and students can finally take a behind-the-scenes peek at the history of layout, the process by which artists plot scenes and stitch together the many elements of animated works. With in-depth text by veteran animator Fraser MacLean, this extraordinary book features previously unpublished art from major studios archives including Warner Bros., Pixar, Walt Disney, and more as well as interviews with some of the biggest names in animation and a foreword by Academy Award winning director Pete Docter. From the genre's earliest pioneers to the digital world of contemporary cinema, Setting the Scene provides an enchanting journey into the history of animation.

Includes bibliographical references (page 253) and index.

Introduction : Hand-drawn cinematography -- What do you mean by \'layout\'? -- From the page to the screen -- A world on a piece of paper -- How do you make a movie? -- I guess you have to draw that?: the view from the shop floor -- Staging for business -- The story reel and beyond: removing all the guesses -- Big beautiful sets: previz and the growing world of digital coverage -- Riding the boom: some thoughts about camera moves -- Postscript : Dumpsters and station wagons -- Glossary.

From the handmade experiments of animation\'s earliest pioneers to the digital techniques employed by today\'s video game and CG artists, Setting the Scene provides a behind-the-scenes journey into the artistry, planning, design, and photography of commercial animation.--Page [2] of jacket.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Fraser MacLean has worked for Passion Pictures, Cambridge Animation Systems, Telemagination, and Walt Disney Animation Studios, on such films as Space Jam and Tarzan . He currently runs Penciltown Animation and resides in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Pete Docter is the Oscar-winning director of the celebrated Pixar films, Mosters, Inc. and Up .

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