The Technique of Film Animation

FOREWORD = 10 INTRODUCTION = 11 Part One: FACTORS GOVERNING ANIMATION = 21 1. The Nature of Animation = 23 2. The Discovery of the Basic Technique = 26 3. Evolution of Style and Timing = 29 4. Animation: the Physical Laws = 31 5. Animation: the Aesthetic Principles = 61 6. The Sound Track = 69 The Voice Track = 70 The Effects Track = 71 The Music Track = 78 7. Values in Colour and in Black-and-White = = 84 8. Animation and the Colour Systems = 87 9. The Television Cartoon = 89 10. Influences Affecting the Film = 91 The Needs of the Advertising Agent = 91 The Needs of the Public Relations Officer = 101 The Entertainment Needs of the Public = 104 Part Two: THE USES OF ANIMATION = 107 11. Television Commercials = 109 12. Advertising Films for Theatres = 114 13. Public Relations and Propaganda = 116 14. The Instructional and Educational Film = 135 15. Experimental, Avant-Garde and Art Films = 139 16. Animation for Theatrical Entertainment = 142 17. The Feature-Length Film = 145 Part Three: CARTOON ANIMATION = 157 18. Preparation = 159 The Storyboard = 159 The Cartoon Characters = 163 Sound = 168 19. The Production Process = 171 Artists and Technicians = 209 The Producer = 210 The Director = 214 The Designer, Lay-out Artist and Background Artist = 216 The Key Animator = 218 The Assistant Animator = 221 The Inker and Colourist = 223 The Checker = 224 The Cameraman = 225 The Editor = 232 The Studio Manager = 233 Specialized Technical Animation = 234 The Composition and Recording of Music for Animated Films = 237 20. Costing the Production = 254 Part Four: OTHER FORMS OF ANIMATION = 261 21. Puppet and Object Animation = 263 22. The Puppet Film: the Production Process = 274 23. Silhouette and Flat-Figure Animation = 278 The Medium = 278 The Production Process = 279 24. The Animation of Still Pictures = 287 25. The Work of Norman McLaren = 290 The Production Process for Norman McLaren’s Films = 292 26. Specialized Forms of Animation = 304 Pin Screen Animation = 304 Three-Dimensional Animation = 304 Totalized Animation = 305 27. Animation for the Widescreen = 306 28. Future Animation Techniques = 309 Animascope = 310 Traceur d’Ecloptasmes = 311 Animograph = 311 Stimulus of World Fairs = 312 Computer Animation = 313 CONCLUSION = 326 APPENDIX = 328 Opinions About the Future = 328 Film Measurement Tables = 336 Principal Films Referred to in this Book = 338 Glossary of Animation Terms = 341 Selected Book List = 348 INDEX = 349

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