1st Edition

Stop Motion: Passion, Process and Performance

By Barry Purves Copyright 2007
370 Pages
by Routledge

372 Pages
by Routledge

Be inspired by award-winning animator Barry Purves' honest insight into the creative process of making stop motion animations, using his own classic films to illustrate every step along the way. With Barry's enthusiasm for puppets in all their many guises and in-depth interviews from some of the world's other leading practitioners, there is advice, inspiration and entertainment galore in Stop... Read more
PASSION: Magicians - The Animation Trick; Timing and continuity; Making It Read; Puppets; Responses to Stop Motion; PROCESS: Starting Somewhere; Texture; Storytelling; Moving On From The Script; Crossover Techniques; Cut Outs; Sand; Claymation; Storyboards, Animatics, Previz; Sets And Design; Props; Colour; Costume; PERFORMANCE: Animating; Acting; Body Language; Humour; Illusion Of Movement; Designing Puppets To Act; Facial Mechanics; Staging; Editing; Music; Directing; Career

Biography

BARRY J C PURVES

"This is a must-have book for anyone interested in the art of animation and I urge you to buy it and see for yourself what a feast for the eyes and the intellect it is!" .. World Animation Journal