Packed with illustrations, this book explains the methods and techniques of animation preproduction, with a focus on story development and character design.

Animated Performance shows how a character can seemingly 'come to life' when their movements reflect the emotional or narrative context of their situation: when

Learn how to generate and develop successful story ideas that fulfill the unique storytelling challenges of animation shorts between 2-5 minutes in length.

This text follows the animation production by concentrating on the documentation necessary to accurately and professionally organize each step of the process. E

Francis Glebas, a top Disney storyboard artist, shows how to reach the ultimate goal of animation and moviemaking by showing how to provide audiences with an em