Prepare to Board! Creating Story and Characters for Animated Features and Shorts

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Product details

  • ISBN 9781498797009
  • Weight: 799g
  • Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
  • Publication Date: 12 Jun 2017
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Paperback
  • Language: English
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Successful storyboards and poignant characters have the power to make elusive thoughts and emotions tangible for audiences. Packed with illustrations that illuminate and a text that entertains and informs, Prepare to Board, 3rd edition presents the methods and techniques of animation master, Nancy Beiman, with a focus on pre-production, story development and character design. As one of the only storyboard titles on the market that explores the intersection of creative character design and storyboard development, the third edition is an invaluable resource for both beginner and intermediate artists.

Key Features

  • Adapt key techniques, tips and tricks of experienced character designers and storyboard artists with 30 years of experience to your film, television and animation projects.
  • Save time and money with workflow solutions and avoid common mistakes and problems with troubleshooting tips.
  • Implement creative solutions for your own projects with this invaluable resource for beginner and intermediate artists with examples of what a good storyboard and character design should look like and example of poorly designed storyboards. and tricks.
  • Further your artistic skill development with an interactive, companion website which will includes video tutorials, examples of animatics and good and bad pitching techniques.
  • Nancy Beiman teaches storyboard in the Bachelor of Animation Program at Sheridan College, Oakville, Canada. She has taught second year storyboard classes in the BA Animation Program at the Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning since 2008. Nancy has worked for over thirty years as a supervising animator, director, character designer, producer and storyboard artist. She is a graduate of the Character Animation Program at the California Institute of the Arts. Nancy has worked for Disney, Warner Brothers, Ambin, Gerhard Hahn Filmproduktion, and many other studios. She is currently working on a new film, OLD TRICKS. Nancy is a member of the National Cartoonists Society and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.