By
Gary Schumer, Animation Professor at Ringling College of Art & Design, Sarasota, FL. Worked for Walt Disney Feature Animation from 1996-2004.
Karen Sullivan, Teaches story and visual development at Ringling School of Art and Design specialized for the needs of the animator. Former cover editor
for SIGGRAPH's Computer Graphics Journal, and the 2002 chair of the SIGGRAPH Art Gallery. Lectured in the US and Taiwan on story development
for the animated short and written articles and guest-edited SIGGRAPH issues on concept development for animation.
Karen Sullivan, Teaches story and visual development at Ringling School of Art and Design specialized for the needs of the animator. Former cover editor
for SIGGRAPH's Computer Graphics Journal, and the 2002 chair of the SIGGRAPH Art Gallery. Lectured in the US and Taiwan on story development
for the animated short and written articles and guest-edited SIGGRAPH issues on concept development for animation.
Gary Schumer, Animation Professor at Ringling College of Art & Design, Sarasota, FL. Worked for Walt Disney Feature Animation from 1996-2004.
Kate Alexander, Associate Director Education and Touring, Florida Studio Theatre. 27 years professional theatre experience.
Description
Build your skills in the development of story ideas that will command an audience for your 2-5 minute animated short.
Packed with
illustrated examples of idea generation, character and story development, acting, dialogue and storyboarding practice this is your conceptual
toolkit proven to meet the challenges of this unique art form.
The companion DVD includes in-depth interviews with industry insiders,
18 short animations (many with accompanying animatics, character designs and environment designs) and an acting workshop to get your
animated short off to a flying start!
With Ideas for the Animated Short you'll learn about: Story Background and Theory * Building
Better Content * Acting: Exploring the Human Condition * Building Character and Location * Building Story * Dialogue * Storyboarding
* Staging
Audience:
Animation students, Faculty members, independent animation filmmakers, and professional animators working in advertising.
