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- The
Animators Workbook by Tony White: (Book) Everything
you need to know about the fundamentals of animation. A
good balance of content and a beautiful book
to look at. Contains the principals and
industry insight you need to succeed in making
a quality piece of animation.
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- Clay Animation 'How
To' Web Page by Mark Spess. Explores various
aspects of claymation from creating armatures to
building sets. Book, tools and more available
to purchase.
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- Animation as a Hobby by Bob Godfry: (Book) OOP A
good book for beginners. Explores cutout animation
and cell animation.
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- Hero
With A Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell: (Book) Excellent
resource for story tellers (which is what
animation is all about).
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- Animation
From Script To Screen by Shamus Culhane:
(Book) A good "how-to" book by a
veteran of Disney, Fleischer, Lantz and TV commercials. It's
not only about animation and animating, but about
the creative process involved.
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- Disney
Animation: The Illusion of Life by Frank
Thomas and Ollie Johnston: (Book) OOP
and expensive, but arguably the best book on
drawn animation ever published. Thomas
and Johnston worked as animators on all the major
Disney features through The Fox and the Hound.
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- Timing
For Animation by Harold Whitaker and
John Halas: (Book) OOP A good
book for understanding the mechanics of timing
and drawing.
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- The Art of Dramatic Story Telling by Lajos Egri: (Book) An
excellent resource for telling a structured and thoughtful
story, be it drama, novel, screenplay or animated
short.
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Examples
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- Nightmare
Before Christmas: (Video)
STOP MOTION. Tim
Burton. The first time that a feature
length stop motion animated film has been treated
with the same level of technical commitment and
money as feature length animated films have been. The
film represents a high water mark in the art
of stop motion, both for its art direction and
its smoothly executed and ambitious character
animation. Known for it's stark gothic
pointy style and design
http://www.halloweentown.com/ht-frame.html All
about the movie, including the script, the characters,
behind the scenes and much more..
http://members.halloweentown.com/cinefant/masterpiece.html The
making of a stop-motion fantasy film masterpiece
http://www.swcp.com/animate/nightmar.htm Reflections
from one of the animators that worked on 8 scenes in the movie.
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- James
and the Giant Peach by Walt Disney
Pictures. Tim
Burton. STOP MOTION. Awesome
stop-motion animation combined with the most
sophisticated special effects tell the story
of the original children's book with a few
new twists.
http://movieweb.com/movie/jamespeach/index.html Information
about the movie, its cast and a few still pics
from the movie.
http://hotwired.lycos.com/renfeatures/96/15/index4a.html Behind
the scenes. Lots of AMAZING details!!!
http://www.halloweentown.com/james.html A
few interesting tidbits.
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- Alice and others
by Jan Svankmajer. (film) STOP-MOTION. Has
a rather dark theme to it, as does all of his work,
but a superb example of cel animation techniques.
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http://rummelplatz.uni-mannheim.de/~mfeld/wallace&gromit.html : Base
for all information concerning Wallace & Gromit
including pictures, sounds, short clips, information
on Nick Park and Aardman Animation and links
to the other pages devoted to Wallace & Gromit.
http://rummelplatz.uni-mannheim.de/~mfeld/wg_mpic.html : Lots
of information about the three adventures of
Wallace & Gromit including inner secrets
of the Making of Wallace and Gromit
http://www.reel.com/reel.asp?node=features/interviews/parklord :
An interview with the creators of Chicken Run
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http://mw1.movieweb.com/movie/abugslife/abugslif.txt: Production
information
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- Toy Story by
Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Productions. COMPUTER
ANIMATION
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- Something
Fishy: (video) the work of a college
student that is partially funded through a Jim
Henson Award for Projects Related to Puppetry.
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- Organ Cranker: Created
by a CalArts Experimental Animation student. Includes
Quicktime examples of his work
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| Current
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http://www.zinezone.com/zones/arts/literature/comics/plympton/interview.html: Magazine
interview
http://www.atomfilms.com/spotlights/plymptonia/interview.asp Magazine
interview
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http://www.awn.com/heaven_and_hell/QUAY/quay1.htm: Short
biography
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http://www.awn.com/mag/issue2.3/issue2.3pages/2.3jacksonsvankmajer.html (Article) http://www.deseretnews.com/movies/view/1,1257,87,00.html Movie
review on the animation of Jan Svankmajer
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| Current Professional Animators... a
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| History
of Animation... |
- Tex Avery: King Of Cartoons by Joe Adamson: (Book) Good
history of Avery, with interviews with Avery, Michael
Maltese and Heck Allen.
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- Of Mice And Magic: A History Of American Animated
Cartoons by Leonard Maltin: (Book) One
of the best objective collections of the history
of Hollywood Animation
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- Possibly the earliest example of animation: Georges
Méliès's Voyage to the Moon (1902)
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- Animation made famous by King Kong in 1933
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| Animation
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| Animation
as a Career: job skills...resumes...interesting
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- The internet's largest film and media directory.
Contains over 20,000 links. Site categories include
new media, cinema, organizations, magazines, schools,
production, and studios at http://www.AFIonline.org/links/
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- This organization is dedicated to giving members
career support, credit union membership, online newsletters
at http://www.cgda.org/
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- Becoming a Computer Animator by Mike Morrison: (Book) Covers
computer animation history, technology (and how to
keep up with it), techniques, tutorials, interviews
with industry luminaries, buyer's guide (software
and hardware), how to find work, and getting an education.
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- A list serve for animators (or people interested
in becoming animators). It's to be used for discussing
animation (surprise!) of all types, including cel,
clay animation (and all other stop-motion), computer
generated, pencil tests, and anything else you can
think of. Artistic, technical, and consumer topics
are all fair game. Discussions of equipment, programs,
education, and techniques are encouraged at http://www.perp.com/animate/
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- Animation World Network: Contains articles
that follow animation trends, links to animators'
sites, conferences, schools, workshops, fan clubs
and an online job fair at http://www.awn.com/
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| Animation and Short Film
festivals... |
- ANIMAFEST festival held in Croatia honors some
of the best animated films and their creators at http://www.animafest.hr/
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- SEOUL INTERNATIONAL CARTOON & ANIMATION FESTIVAL
celebrates animators and cartoonists form more than
21 countries. Up-and-coming animators and cartoonists
are given the opportunity to show off and online
exhibits from art schools that teach animation are
featured as well
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| Miscellaneous
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- http://www.stopmotionanimation.com/ Your
link to almost everything you wanted to know about
stop-motion, includes a handbook, a library, a message
board, a chat room, links and tons more.
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http://www.pitchtv.com/ PitchTV: An
online magazine containing samples of cel animation,
experimental video, news of interest, links to
sites.
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- Exposure: (TV
show) SciFi Channel, Wed nights at 10 p.m.
Dedicated to cutting edge short films, animation and their creators. Focuses
more on film but you can find some good animation from time to
time. The web site allows you to view movie clips, get
background information, and to see more extensive interviews
with the creators of each clip.
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- http://www.atomfilms.com/:
Tons of examples of experimental and well known animations. Warning: Some
content may be inappropriate for students.
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