The Animator's Survival Kit - Animated
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Animation is one of the hottest and most creative areas of filmmaking. The master animator who bridges the gap between the golden age of animation by hand and the computer animation successes is Richard Williams, triple Oscar winner and Director of Animation of Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Williams has now combined his best-selling book, The Animator’s Survival Kit, with his legendary Masterclasses to produce this 16-DVD box set. Filmed over four days at Blue Sky Studios in New York, the Masterclass is intercut with over 350 specially animated examples. During his 50 years in the business, Williams has been one of the true innovators. Dedicated to passing on his knowledge to a new generation of animators so that they in turn can push the medium in new directions, here he reveals the secrets of the masters, distilling his experience into a working system that makes animation better and easier to do. You’ve read the book – now see it filmed.
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16-DVD Box Set Contents:
1. STARTING RIGHT
2. TIMING AND SPACING
3. WORKING METHODS
4. MORE TIMING MORE SPACING
5. BUILDING WALKS
6. FLEXIBILITY IN A WALK
7. SNEAKS, RUNS, and ANIMAL ACTION
8. FLEXIBILITY
9. OVERLAPPING ACTION and WEIGHT
10. TAKES
11. VIBRATES
12. ACCENTS
13. DIALOGUE 1
14. DIALOGUE 2
15. GIVING THE PERFORMANCE
16. PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
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Reviews of The Animator's Survival Kit - Animated
‘When an animation great like Richard Williams offers you the fruits of his experience - his knowledge, his craft - packed into a box and fully illustrated with moving pictures, just say “thank you!” and hand over the cash. Then use it.'
JAN PINKAVA Oscar winner Geri’s Game and Co-Director Ratatouille
‘The sample animation is amazing and it is so wonderful to see Richard Williams demonstrating in live-action: articulate, passionate and humorous. He is a distillation of a dozen master animators each giving you a private tutorial, a uniquely personal way to learn the art and the craft of animation.’
JOHN CANEMAKER, NYU Professor, Author, Oscar-winning animation filmmaker.
About Richard Williams
Richard Williams was the creative mind behind the animation of the worldwide smash hit Who Framed Roger Rabbit for which he won two Oscars. He directed and designed Roger and Jessica Rabbit, Baby Herman and all the new characters for the Walt Disney/Steven Spielberg blockbuster.
British-based Williams has won 3 Oscars, 3 British Academy Awards and over 250 other international awards. His 50 year career in animation includes The Return of the Pink Panther, What’s New Pussycat, Casino Royale, The Charge of the Light Brigade and the Oscar-winning A Christmas Carol.
In the 1990s he gave the Richard Williams’ Animation Masterclasses around the world to participants from studios such as Disney, Pixar, ILM, Dreamworks /PDI and Warner Bros, culminating in his best-selling book, The Animators Survival Kit (2001).
‘Absolute animation genius’ Los Angeles Times
‘Arguably the best animator working in the field today’ Hollywood Reporter
Voted by peers as ‘The Animator’s Animator’ The Observer
‘The only “genius” genius to come along in animation in years …probably one of the most respected draftsmen in the world.’ Los Angeles TV Times
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