Stop-motion filming and performance : a guide to cameras, lighting, and dramatic techniques / Tom Brierton.

By:

Brierton, Tom, 1957-

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, 2006Description: ix, 98 pISBN:

0786424176 (softcover)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

777 23

LOC classification:

TR897.5 .B7522 2006

Contents:

Ch. 1. "The play's the thing" -- Ch. 2. Motion-picture and digital video cameras -- Ch. 3. Light and lighting basics -- Ch. 4. Fundamentals of animation acting -- Ch. 5. Walk and run cycles -- Ch. 6. Creating replacement figures -- Ch. 7. Reading the dialogue track and creating the exposure sheet.

Review: "This manual is a complete guide to the aesthetics of stop-motion animation. Information is presented in the order an animator uses in setting up and executing a scene. The first half concentrates on the aesthetics of lighting and cameras. The second half deals with the process of performance art. Commentaries on body language, facial expression, gesture, movement and emotion - key concepts exemplified through the acting process - are included, along with an introduction to narrative form and a glossary."--BOOK JACKET.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This manual is a complete guide to the aesthetics of stop-motion animation. Information is presented in the order an animator uses in setting up and executing a scene. The first half concentrates on the aesthetics of lighting and cameras. The second half deals with the process of performance art. Commentaries on body language, facial expression, gesture, movement and emotion - key concepts exemplified through the acting process - are included, along with an introduction to narrative form and a glossary."--BOOK JACKET.

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