| #749977 in Books | 2008-04-05 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | .60 x7.40 x9.60l,1.25 | File type: PDF | 264 pages||6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.| Love this book, terrific primer for beginners|By Will Kalif|Stop motion animation, by it's very nature is a multi skill endeavor. You need to know about timing, how bodies move, the effects of gravity, how to shoot video, how to take pictures, how to tell a story, and how to make movie sets and miniature figures! Wow, that seems like a lot and I hope I didn't scare you off. |"...a mine of information. This book gives an unrivalled detailed technical overview of the subject."--The Times Higher Education Supplement
"Don't attempt stop motion before you read this book! Susannah has covered everything in
To make great animation, you need to know how to control a whole world: how to make a character, how to make that character live and be happy or sad. You need to create four walls around them, a landscape, the sun and moon - a whole life for them. You have to get inside that puppet and first make it live, then make it perform.
Susannah Shaw provides the first truly practical introduction to the craft skills of model animation. This is a vital b...
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