Preface
Introduction
It's All About Storytelling: Pre-Drawing
Choosing the Correct Tools to tell the story: Viewing Process, Mood, Color, Timing, Movement/Action, Time of Day, Atmosphere.
Putting it down on Paper: Horizon and Vanishing Points, Character Placement, Placement of Objects in Space
Extreme Perspective Solutions: Multiple Horizons, Multiple Vanishing Points
Placement of Characters in a Composition: Path of Action, Placement of Characters in a Composition, Composing a Scene.
Camera: Camera Moves, Bi-Back, Multi-plane, Multi-level
Changing Perspective in a Scene: Curved Pans, Perspective Tricks
Lighting: Shadows, Reflections
Digital Layout and Composition: 2D and 3D
Frequently Used Terms and Definitions
Biography
Ed is a renowned Layout Artist and Character Layout Artist who has spent over thirty years in film and animation. He has worked at Disney Studios and Disney TV. He has worked on some of the great Disney classics including "The Fox and the Hound", "Beauty and the Beast", "The Lion King", and the "Huntchback of Notre Dame" and "Mulan." In addition to working with Disney, Ed has worked on the "Curious George" and The Simpsons. Ed is an active member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy of television Arts and Sciences, Creative Talent Network.
Ed Ghertner is a highly regarded master craftsman in the animation industry. This book is packed with ideas that cover the art of visual story telling. It would be a helpful tool for any animator, layout artist or filmmaker. Mark Kirkland -- Three-time Emmy Award-winning Director of The Simpsons
