Craft Notes for Animators: A Perspective on a 21st Century Career 1st edition

If Disney?s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs represented the Animation industry?s infancy, Ed Hooks thinks that the current production line of big-budget features is its artistically awkward adolescence. While a well-funded marketing machine can conceal structural flaws, uneven performances and superfluous characters, the importance of crafted storytelling will only grow in importance as animation becomes a broader, more accessible art form. Craft Notes for Animators analyses specific films ? including Frozen and Despicable Me ? to explain the secrets of creating truthful stories and believable characters. It is an essential primer for the for tomorrow?s industry leaders and animation artists.